You probably enjoy visiting the zoo, but at one time people visited a zoological garden. Zoo is short for zoological garden. When a word has been shortened, it is called a clip. For example, a ref is a short form of the word referee. Over time, many words in English have been clipped. Perhaps you go to and back from school on a bus. Students traveled on an omnibus in the past. Math and exams are short for mathematics and examinations. A mike is a short form of a microphone. Something that is a curio was once a curiosity.

When you visit a zoological garden, you may see "rhinos" if you are lucky enough. This animal certainly has a big nose ﹣﹣ in the Greek language, "rhinos" means "nose". In English, a rhino is the same as a rhinoceros. Other words have rhinos in them, too. A rhinovirus might affect your nose. This virus is what people get when they have a cold. When you have diseases in the nose, you must see a rhinologist, who can treat you.

But on the other hand, some words are really combinations(结合体)of two or more words. The new words are called blends. The meaning of a blend shows the meanings of both words it comes from. For example, the words smoke and fog blend to make smog. Do you know what motor and hotel make when combined? You're right ﹣ it's motel. Which two words do you think brunch comes from?

1.Which of the following is a clip?   

A. Examination.

B. Referee.

C. Curio.

D. Motel.

2.Which of the following is a doctor?   

A. Rhinos.

B. Zoological.

C. Rhinovirus.

D. Rhinologist.

3.What does the underlined word "brunch" mean?   

A. 早午餐

B. 长板凳

C. 大树枝

D. 浅海滩

4.What can you conclude from the passage?   

A. It is hard to learn clipped words.

B. Riding on an omnibus was not safe.

C. Clips are easier to pronounce and spell.

D. People don't like to use short words.

5.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?   

A. Combining smoke and fog.

B. Learning about blends.

C. How motel got its meaning.

D. Forming combined words.

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

My Big Day

There were about 15 kids there for audition(试镜)when we arrived. I had been u1. about being late on this Big Day but the bus, which moved slowly all the way, woke up and almost galloped for the last half mile. Dad and I jumped off and ran to 171 High Street. I had e2. a shiny building but what I saw was a broken ancient door. And the room into which we all crowded was dark and didn’t have enough chairs. A boy was p3. his audition piece loudly, unaware of everyone else in the room. Most of the kids were in jeans, but a few dressed seriously cool as if they spent every day on film sets and lunching with s4. . I felt a bit embarrassed about my dressing.

A girl called us away, one by one, to be auditioned. I breathed deeply and slowly as I had learned to do-ever since my first part in the school play, when I was extremely nervous and n5. forgot everything I had memorized. I repeated my speech to myself with all the pauses and emphasizes in the right places. I knew I was good. I really wanted this part, I wanted to pay Dad back for all the work he’d done for me. I wanted to make him proud of me. And I know I could do it.

Suddenly - there it was my n6. ! I followed the girl down a corridor into a large room with three men and a woman sitting behind a long table. The woman looked up and said hello. Then the middle man looked up and stared hard at me.

"How tall are you?" he asked.

“I’m 1.6 metres.” I said, trembling slightly.

The man looked at the woman and I saw him s7. his head.

The woman turned to me and said. “I’m so sorry. That’s just a bit too tall for this part. They should have told you”

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