题目内容
A language never stands still. It is always changing and developing. These changes are rapid in primitive societies, but slow in advanced ones, because the inventionand printing and the spread of education have fixed a traditional usage. The only important change that English has undergone since the first of the 16th century is a large increase in its vocabulary. It is interesting to trace the different way in which new words are invented. Let us take just two English words and see how they were made, sandwich and television.
Sandwich, which is now no longer are entirely English words, but also international, comes from the Earl of Sandwich (died in 1792) who invented the particular form of quick meal so that he could go on gambling all through the night without stopping for dinner. Many names of things are in fact taken from the name of the first inventors, for example, the electrical terms Watt and Volt.
Television is one of many new scientific words which re invented from old Greek and Latin word. “Tele” is Greek, meaning “far”, while “vision” comes from the Latin verb, meaning “to see”.
1. “Stands” in the first sentence means___________.
A. be in a certain condition B. not sit
C. remain without change D. rise to the feet
2. What do you think Volt was? It referred to_________.
A. a player B. a physicist C. a writer D. a nurse
3. The invention of sandwich has something to do with__________.
A. work B. study
C. gambling D. journey
4. English has undergone an important change in its vocabulary for almost _______centuries.
A. five B. four C. three D. six
5. The language cannot develop rapidly in advanced societies because_______.
A. the societies have stopped changing
B. the printing has been invented
C. the education has spread
D. both B and C
解析：
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从下一句It is always
changing and developing，可以知道这里选C是正确的。
2． 这里具体信息的提示the electrical terms Watt and Volt，可以知道选B。 3． 第二段the particular form of quick meal so that he could go on gambling all through the night without stopping for dinner.给我们提示。 4． 文章第一段第4行出现了the first of the 16th century is a large increase in its vocabulary，所以到现在是6个世纪的时间了。 5． 第一段第2－3行。
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