Question

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each

 46___   means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning   47 ___  they are used together? The definition (定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

Now think for a minute  _ 48 _  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   _49 _  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are   _51   , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,  _ 52   you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever   _53   a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   54 _  deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and   55__ . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

46. A. word             B. phrase            C. sentence          D. passage

47. A. how             B. why              C. when             D. where

48. A. for              B. from              C. about             D. like

49. A. get              B. fit                C. read             D. have

50. A. right            B. wrong             C. same             D. different

51. A. homesick        B. heartsick           C. seasick           D. carsick

52. A. the first place     B. the last place       C. the only place      D. the safe place

53. A. thought over      B. thought out        C. heard from        D. heard of

54. A. hurt             B. hit               C. loved             D. moved

55. A. hobby           B. height            C. heaven            D. handbag

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文主要告诉了我们如何理解一些复合名词的含义，这对我们的英语学习是很有帮助的。其中本文主要介绍了homesick，seasick，heartsick等词的含义。homesick意为“想家的”， seasick意为“晕船的”， heartsick意为“伤心地”。

46. A  word意为“单词”。 Phrase意为“词组”。 Sentence意为“句子”。 Passage意为“篇章”。

47. C      when 意为“当……时候”，句义为“但是，你知道他们在一起用的含义吗？”

48. C      think about意为“思考，考虑”，是固定搭配。

49. B       fit意为“适合”，句义为“如果你把单词home换成sea，定义还适合seasick这个单词的含义吗？”

50. D different意为“不同的”，有上下文可知。      

51. A homesick意为“想家的”，句义为“当你想家的时候，你唯一想呆的地方就是家”。

52. B 文中seasick 意为“晕船的”， 句义为“当你晕船的时候，你最后想呆的地方才是海”。

53. D  heard of意为“听说”，句义为“你听说过悲痛的人吗？”

54. A hurt意为“伤害”， 句义为“悲痛的人指的是那些内心被深深的伤害过的人。”

55. D有句中的handshake可知答案。