In Taiwan, “motorpool “ is commonly known as a place for the maintenance(维修) of official business and government cars. In ­___36___ it is a place for vehicle maintenance.
More than ten years ago, I came to America on business and I __37__advantage of the chance to visit my friend. My friend drove a car to ___38__ me at the airport, and took me to his home__39    the airport. My friend drove his car into the innermost lane, ___40__ had a sign ‘carpool only’ I wondered what “carpool” meant. I wondered ___41____he was going to a motorpool. So I thought myself ____42__ in asking:” Is there anything wrong with the car?” “Nothing.____43___?” said he. “Well then, why are you going to a carpool?” I responded. My friend couldn’t help ___44__ and told me that “ carpool” ___45___to the lane that only the cars with two or more passengers can ____46___. I felt rather embarrassed __47__ that.
After dinner, my friend’s neighbor 　４８　 to ask whether he could carpool the next day. “ ４９ ”, my friend said, “ I will accompany my friend to go shopping tomorrow.” I was puzzled again, 　５０ why he could not “ carpool” with him since we had “ carpooled”　５１.  My friend explained to me again that the “ carpool” with him that ____５2____ used meant they in turn drove the car to work so as to save 　５3　　. The first” carpool” is a noun; ____５4___ the second “carpool” is a verb. It is really difficult for 　　５５　in America to understand it in a short time.

In Taiwan, “motorpool “ is commonly known as a place for the maintenance(维修) of official business and government cars. In ­___36___ it is a place for vehicle maintenance.

More than ten years ago, I came to America on business and I __37__advantage of the chance to visit my friend. My friend drove a car to ___38__ me at the airport, and took me to his home__39    the airport. My friend drove his car into the innermost lane, ___40__ had a sign ‘carpool only’ I wondered what “carpool” meant. I wondered ___41____he was going to a motorpool. So I thought myself ____42__ in asking:” Is there anything wrong with the car?” “Nothing.____43___?” said he. “Well then, why are you going to a carpool?” I responded. My friend couldn’t help ___44__ and told me that “ carpool” ___45___to the lane that only the cars with two or more passengers can ____46___. I felt rather embarrassed __47__ that.

After dinner, my friend’s neighbor 　４８　 to ask whether he could carpool the next day. “ ４９ ”, my friend said, “ I will accompany my friend to go shopping tomorrow.” I was puzzled again, 　５０ why he could not “ carpool” with him since we had “ carpooled”　５１.  My friend explained to me again that the “ carpool” with him that ____５2____ used meant they in turn drove the car to work so as to save 　５3　　. The first” carpool” is a noun; ____５4___ the second “carpool” is a verb. It is really difficult for 　　５５　in America to understand it in a short time.

1.                A．common        B．time           C．general   D．short

2.                A．took           B．had            C．used D．found

3.                A．see            B．take           C．meet D．accept

4.                A．In             B．Out of          C．Inside    D．From

5.                A．where         B．which          C．it    D．there

6.                A．what           B．whether        C．which    D．when

7.                A．puzzled         B．foolish          C．interested D．clever

8.                A．which          B．why            C．where    D．what

9.                A．laughing        B．shouting        C．stopping  D．saying

10.               A．means         B．refers          C．is    D．comes

11.               A．pass through    B．go over         C．drive in   D．sit in

12.               A．in saying        B．for doing       C．on hearing D．at listening to

13.               A．went out       B．came over      C．arrived    D．got off

14.               A．Yes            B．I’m afraid      C．Sure . D．No

15.               A．wondering      B．saying          C．suggesting D．hesitating

16.               A．yesterday       B．tomorrow       C．the last day D．today

17.               A．his neighbor     B．his friend       C．he.   D．I

18.               A．time           B．money         C．energy    D．pollution’

19.               A．and           B．while .         C．so    D．or

20.               A．newcomer      B．people         C．Chinese   D．those

Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings or different endings, such as import, export, repot and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same root “port” , which comes from the Latin word, meaning “to carry”  or “to move” from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning—which we call the prefix (前缀)—the meaning changes: “im” means “in” , so the word “import”  means “to carry in” , or “to bring into a country” ; “ex” means “out of” ,so the word “export” means “to carry out of a country” ; “re” means “back”, so the word “report” means “to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody” ; “trans”  means “across” , so “transport”  means “to carry from one place to another” .

Let’s look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus the suffix (后缀 ) “er” , thus meaning a person who completes the “verb” . So supporter means somebody who supports something. A reporter is somebody who reports something. Importer is somebody who imports something and exporter is somebody who exports something, and so on.

(　) 1. “Some English Words are made up of the same part....”In the sentence “part” means________.

    A. different beginnings and different endings

B. the same part which has several meanings

C. the root of a word.

D. the same root which has different meanings

(　) 2. Which of the following is not true?

A. Besides “port”, most English words have the same root which comes from the Latin word.

    B. “Port” is the root forming some English words.

C. The root “port” means “to carry”.

D. “Port” can mean “to move” from one place to another.

(　) 3. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has________.

A. the meaning of a Latin word

    B. a different meaning

    C. the meaning of “in” or “out”

D. a lot of meanings

(　) 4. We can get a noun________.

A. just by adding “er” to a verb

B. by changing a prefix

  C. only by adding “er” to a root

D. by adding a suffix to a verb

(　) 5. According to the passage, if we talk about a repairman, you may guess/ know that he must be________.

A. somebody who regained health

    B. a person who can repair something

    C. somebody who has good health

    D. a person who can do only simple things