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English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words.

However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.

And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

1.According to the passage ______.

A. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things

B. there should be egg in an eggplant

C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D. boxing rings should be round

2.Which of the following is the correct plural?

A. Beeth. B. Geese.

C. Meese. D. Tooth.

3.Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A. A wise man and a wise guy.

B. Overlook and oversee.

C. Quite a lot and quite a few.

D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.

4.The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.

A. blow B. roll up

C. get hurt D. finish

5.Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.

A. clever B. crazy C. lazy D. Dull

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：英语是使用最广泛的语言，每七个人中，就有一个会说英语。世界上一半以上的书籍和四分之三的邮件是用英语写的，英语包含的词汇也是最多的。

1.Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.”可知，Sweet-meats和sweetbreads两个词的意思不同，故选A。

2.If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese”可知，goose的复数是geese，故选B。

3.while quite a lot and quite a few are alike”可知，quite a lot与quite a few意思接近，故选C。

4.but when I wind up this essay, I end it”可知，划线词的意思与end接近，即“完成，结束”的意思，故选D。

5.and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings”可知，英语是被人创造的，它反映了人类的创造性和智慧，故选A。

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