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　　Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is ___1___ by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always ___2___ new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

　　Sometimes, no one may really know ___3___ a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America ___4___ Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't ___5___ good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them ___6___ a round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans didn't ___7___ the question and answered,“We come from Hamburg,”One of these ___8___ owned a restaurant. He had an idea. He cooked some round pieces bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be“hamburgers”. Today,“hamburgers”are sold in ___9___ countries around the world.

　　___10___ this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any work has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.

(1）A．speak	B．spoke
C．spoken	D．speaking
(2）A．creating	B．asking
C．telling	D．reading
(3）A．what	B．where
C．why	D．which
(4）A．at	B．to
C．from	D．between
(5）A．speak	B．say
C．tell	D．spell
(6）A．eating	B．eat
C．ate	D．eaten
(7）A．believe	B．hear
C．know	D．understand
(8）A．Germans	B．Americans
C．Englishmen	D．Chinese
(9）A．much	B．many
C．few	D．a few
(10）A．What	B．If
C．Whether	D．Since

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;C;A;A;D;B;B;C