Question

English words don’t stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use, or old words are used in a new way.

English can be changed by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and“tea”came from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. “Countryside” and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of old words. The word  “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “airplane”. The names of people and products can become new words, too. Our “sandwich” was named after a man called Sandwich and “sello tape”(透明胶带) was a name given by the company that first made the product.

1.New English words are needed because _____.

A．people use old words in a new way

B．the population is bigger now

C．the old words are not enough

D．new ideas and new inventions appear all the time

2..Which of the following words came from China?

A．Tea.

B．Earthquake.

C．Airplane.

D．Sello tape.

3.How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

4..The main idea of this passage is _____.

A．that the English language is always changing

B．that there are new ideas in England today

C．how people name new products and inventions

D．how people use old words in a new way

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：62.根据People need new words for new ideas and new inventions.可知选D。

63.根据“tea”came from China可知选A。

64.短文中提到四种构词途径：一是从其它语言引进单词，如：tomato；二是合成词，如：countryside；三是缩写词，如：photo；四是派生词，如：sandwich。所以选B。

65.本文主要接好了英语单词的发展变化，重点介绍了英语单词的集中形成方法，故选A，英语是一直发展变化的。

考点：关于英文单词的说明文

点评：本文介绍了英文单词的发展变化的问题，重点介绍了英语中四种构词方法。动笔前先要读懂全文，然后带着问题再读全文，找出关键句子完成阅读。有些问题需要自己分析总结，注意从关键单词提取重要信息，如64小题就需要良好的分析总结能力。