Question

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The English language is different from any 1language. Yet English words do not 2the same. It is always 3 . People need new words 4new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used5a new way.
English can6by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from 7and so on. Now new space and science words 8from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words 9 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.
Sometimes, new words are 10forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 11of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 12part of “airplane”.13“smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after 14named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that15made this product.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      other
   2. B.
      others
   3. C.
      another
   4. D.
      else
2. 2.
   1. A.
      leave
   2. B.
      change
   3. C.
      stay
   4. D.
      use
3. 3.
   1. A.
      keeping
   2. B.
      changing
   3. C.
      kept
   4. D.
      changed
4. 4.
   1. A.
      for
   2. B.
      of
   3. C.
      with
   4. D.
      about
5. 5.
   1. A.
      by
   2. B.
      on
   3. C.
      in
   4. D.
      at
6. 6.
   1. A.
      change
   2. B.
      changed
   3. C.
      turns
   4. D.
      turned
7. 7.
   1. A.
      India
   2. B.
      America
   3. C.
      Germany
   4. D.
      China
8. 8.
   1. A.
      are borrowing
   2. B.
      are being borrowed
   3. C.
      borrow
   4. D.
      borrows
9. 9.
   1. A.
      alone
   2. B.
      out
   3. C.
      together
   4. D.
      outside
10. 10.
    1. A.
       longer
    2. B.
       middle
    3. C.
       never
    4. D.
       short
11. 11.
    1. A.
       beginning
    2. B.
       end
    3. C.
       middle
    4. D.
       front
12. 12.
    1. A.
       back
    2. B.
       middle
    3. C.
       front
    4. D.
       end
13. 13.
    1. A.
       While
    2. B.
       During
    3. C.
       When
    4. D.
       as
14. 14.
    1. A.
       a man
    2. B.
       a kind of food
    3. C.
       a company
    4. D.
       a place
15. 15.
    1. A.
       first
    2. B.
       last
    3. C.
       again
    4. D.
       once

Answer 1

ACBAC ADBCD BCAAA
1.英语和其他语言相比，any other意思是“其他的任一”，所以选A
2.从下文看，英语单词不是一成不变的，所以选C
3.承接前文，英语单词一直在变化，所以选B
4.根据句意和四个选项的意思，应选A
5.用某种方式，用介词in，所以选C
6.change常表示外形上的表面变化，而turn常表示性质上的变化。从下文看出，这里指词形上的变化，所以选A
7.tea为中国特产，所以选D
8.在此，new space and science words作主语，和选项borrow的关系是被动关系，所以选B
9.从下文意思知道，应该是把两个单词合在一起，所以选C
10.从下文意思知道，一些新单词是旧单词的缩写，所以选D
11.从句意和词形看photo一词是去掉了photograph的词尾而成，所以选 B
12.从句意和词形看plane一词是去掉了airplane的词头而成，所以选 C
13.从句意和词形看，smog同时借用了smoke和fog的各一部分，和前面所举例子有所不同，所以选A
14.作为常识，我们知道Sandwich源于一个人的名字，所以选A
15.从常识判断，名称应追源于首先应用的人或公司……，应选A