Question

任务型阅读，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
The English language is changing all the time. New words are created, like DIY, SDA and e-mail. How do words come into English? Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.
Words have also come into English in unusual ways. Words like classroom and mooncake are two short words which are put together. Also, parts of two words are put together and become a new word. For example, smog comes from smoke and fog. Some words come from longer words, like TV from television, and math from mathematics. Don’t you think all these make English an interesting language?
根据短文内容，完成下列问题。
【小题1】Is the English language changing all the time?
                                                      
【小题2】 Are many English words borrowed from other languages?
                                                      
【小题3】Which language does the English word kung fu come from?
                                                      
【小题4】 What does somg come from?
                                                      
【小题5】 What is short form television?
                                                      

Answer 1

【小题1】Yes, it is.
【小题2】Yes, they are.
【小题3】Chinese /It comes from Chinese.
【小题4】Smoke and fog /It comes from smoke and fog.
【小题5】TV/TV is short from television.

解析【小题1】根据The English language is changing all the time.可知为肯定回答。
【小题2】根据Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example,可知为肯定答案。
【小题3】根据From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.可知kung fu这个单词来自中文。
【小题4】 根据For example, smog comes from smoke and fog.可知smog来自smoke和fog。
【小题5】根据like TV from television,可知答案为TV。
考点：这是一篇关于英语词汇的一篇说明文。
点评：本文主要介绍了英文中一些词汇的来源问题，阅读中注意作者举出的具体例子。由于这篇短文比较简单，略读一边短文，就可以带着问题，再读短文。然后找出相关语句，写出答案。回答问题时要注意，一定要先弄清问的是什么？比如“What is short form television?这句话的意思就是，我们常说的电视这个单词的缩写是什么？”，答案人称和数要与问题保持一致，个别问题可以用原文直接回答，大部分需要改变人称。总之，要做好此类题型，平时还得加强积累，多做练习。