A language never stands still .It is always changing and developing. These changes are rapid in primitive(原始的) societies, but slow in advanced ones, because the invention of printing and the spread of education have fixed a traditional usage. The only important change that English has undergone(遭受) since the 16th century is a large increase in its vocabulary. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which new words are invented. Let us take just two

English words and see how they were made: sandwich and television.

   Sandwich, is now no longer an entirely English word, but also international, comes from the Earl of Sandwich(died in1792),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 facts taken from the name of the first inventors, for example, the electrical terms Walt and Volt.

Television is one of many new scientific words which are invented from old Greek and Latin words.“Tele”in Greek, mean “far , while“vision”comes from the Latin verb, meaning“to see”.

1.The word “stand” in the first sentence means_

A. is a certain condition     B. not sits

C. remains without change  D. rises to the feet

2. What do you think Volt was? He was_

A. a player   B. a physicist   C, a writer  D. a nurse

3.The invention of sandwich has something to do with(与…有关) _

A. work   B. study  C. gambling D. journey

4.The language can’t 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

5. What’s the best title?

A. language    B .Sandwich and Television

C. language is Always Changing and Developing

D. English Words


阅读理解,阅读下面四篇材料,根据其内容,选择正确答案或完成阅读任务。

One of the most interesting projects in oceanography(海洋学) is the work of mapping the ocean floor. Only a very small part of it has been mapped .This was not important when only surface ships sailed the world’s oceans, but it can mean the difference between life and death to men in submarines(潜艇).

 Long ago there was only one way to find out how deep the ocean was .A seaman could throw a weighted rope over the side of his ship. Then he pulled the rope up after it had reached the bottom. But this was not a very exact way of measuring.

  In the twelfth century a better way was found. Sound was used to measure the ocean. An American Navy ship sailed the ocean to make an experiment. Seamen dropped a number of devices that would give out a loud noise when they hit the bottom. And a device had been invented measured the time it took for the sound to reach the ship .It helped oceanographer map the ocean floor.

Underwater photography is also important in mapping parts of the ocean floor. With the new methods that have been perfected, cameras can take pictures of the underwater valleys even in color.

1.Mapping the ocean floor is the most important to people__  .

A. on ships  B. in boats  C. in the sea  D. in submarines

2. Which way was used to measure the depth of the ocean in the past?

A. Using a weighted rope   B. Using a seaman

C. Using a boat            D. Using sound

3. What did the seamen use when they did the experiment?

A. Stones    B. Instruments  C. Devices  D . Ropes

4.We can know from the last paragraph that_.

A .camera is the only perfect way of mapping the ocean floor.

B. camera will take the place of any other instrument.

C. camera can map any part of the ocean floor.

D. camera is one of the new ways to map the ocean floor.

5. How many ways have been used to map the ocean floor?

A. Two    B. Three      C. Four    D. F


完型填空,阅读下面短文,从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出最佳选项,使短文完整,通顺。

What does an athlete need to get to the top of sport? Talent is one thing of course, but perhaps there's1 more important than that—hard work. Top sportsmen and sportswomen take their sports very seriously and want to be the best.

Tara Lipinski is a pretty American teenager. She2 the world ice-skating championship when she was only fourteen years old. From the age of three, when she 3 a pair of ice skates for the first time, she loved the sport more than anything else in the world. She trains for many hours every day, and 4 outside with her friends to parties is nearly impossible.

Boris Becher has been famous 5 he won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Tennis Championship in 1985. He was only seventeen years old then, and he had beaten many of the best players in the world at that time. He always 6 hard every day. He never had the same kind of lifestyle as most other teenage boys. He couldn’t spend his weekends 7 the TV, at parties or restaurants. He 8even eat chocolate whenever he wanted, everything he did was for tennis and his daily training was very strict.

To succeed like Tara and Boris, you 9 a lot of help and support from everyone around you, especially your 10 .You must give up a lot of freedom, but if you ask these champions what they think ,they will tell you it’s all worth it.

1.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

2.A. hit B.won C. did D. kept

3.A. put on B. made up C.took off D.turned down

4.A. go B. going C.to play D. skating

5.A. when B. while C. since D. after

6.A. studied B. did C. practiced D.thought

7.A. next to B.instead of C. across from D.in front of

8.A. mustn’t B. didn’t C. couldn’t D. shouldn’t

9.A. asks B. need C.want D. hope

10.A.father B. mother C.grandparents D.family

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