题目内容
Some of you must have complained why there are so many English words that you have to 22 every day. However, do you know how many words the English language has exactly? Maybe ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or 23 one million!
Every 98 minutes, there is a new English word being 24 Last time when words were being 25 to the language at this rate was during the 26 of William Shakespeare. The 27 popularity of English has 28 the most fertile period of word creation. About 1.53 billion people speak English as a 29 , a second or a business language. The Global Language Monitor, 30 in the state of Texas in the US, has been recording English word creation since 2003. Now, there are almost one million English words.
Words that are predicted to be the one millionth 31 “defollow”, “defriend”, “noob”, and “greenwashing”. “Defollow” and “defriend” are Internet words, 32 what users do with a person they do not wish to 33 in touch with on the Internet. “Noob” is an offending name for someone new 34 a particular task or community. The word “greenwashing” 35 what companies do to appear 36 friendly. And “chiconomics” means a difficult time in fashion. Of course, there is a 37 that the one millionth word will be a sixth choice. The Global Language Monitor once 38 that the millionth English word would be “imminent” in 2006, but the organization has 39 that expected date 40 once. Other experts have 41 doubts about its methods because they don’t think that there is an agreement about how to classify a word.
22. A.write B.read C.memorize D.copy
23. A.still B.hence C.nevertheless D.even
24. A.inspired B.motivated C.commented D.created
25. A.advocated B.added C.adopted D.acquired
26. A.years B.days C.months D.hours
27. A.appropriate B.fundamental C.widespread D.elementary
28. A.brought B.led C.found D.taken
29. A.primary B.social C.physical D.typical
30. A.lay B.located C.built D.found
31. A.conclude B.consist C.exclude D.include
32. A.saying B.writing C.describing D.accounting
33. A.lose B.pay C.have D.stay
34. A.on B.of C.to D.with
35. A.refers to B.prefers to C.comes to D.sticks to
36. A.continually B.eventually C.environmentally D.constantly
37. A.possibility B.fact C.result D.bond
38. A.published B.declared C.expected D.claimed
39. A.put up B.put off C.put down D.put out
40. A.other than B.more than C.rather than D.less than
41. A.consulted B.instructed C.associated D.expressed
22-26 CDDBB 27-31 CAABD 32-36 CDCAC 37-41 ACBBD