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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C，D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

　　Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was.

　　The Germans didn't understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.”One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called“hamburgers”. Today, “hamburgers”are sold in many countries around the world.

　　Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.

1．Hamburg is ________.

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A．a kind of food

B．a round piece of beef

C．the name of a village

D．a city in Germany

2．According to the passage, ________.

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A．few Americans like hamburgers

B．hamburgers are made with beef

C．hamburgers are made with ham

D．hamburgers were first sold about a century ago

3．According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?

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A．Where all the new words came from.

B．Where those Germans came from.

C．The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

D．The reason why English is spoken around the world.

4．According to the story, the word hamburgers comes from ________.

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A．China because it has a long history

B．English because Germans don't speak good English

C．the round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating

D．English speakers because they always create new words

Answer 1

答案：D;D;C;C
解析：

1．D 　　导解：阅读文章的第二段中They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg可知答案． 　　2．D 　　导解：文章的第二段说：“100多年前德国人来到美国，他们吃圆形的牛肉片，所以美国人也学着做出来销售．可知答案为D项． 　　3．C 　　导解：文章的最后一段说明了此问题． 　　4．C 　　导解：文章的第二段说德国人吃圆形的牛肉片，美国人问他们是什么，他们没听懂，只好说他们来自Hamburg,由此得名．