Question

【题目】根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". 【1】 Why does this season have two names in English? According to Dictionary. com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops（庄稼）would become ripe（成熟）and farmers would have a big harvest（丰收）. 【2】

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. 【3】 They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf', or "fall" for short.

【4】 It gradually replaced（替代）"fall" as the word for this season.

At the same time, British people were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. 【5】

A. English speakers needed a different name for the season.

B. The season in October is autumn.

C. But at the end of the 1600s, "autumn" from the French word, came to England.

D. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest".

E. That's why today's Americans have two names for one season.

F. But if you go to the US, you will find that people use both "autumn" and "fall".

G. Why is it called both“fall”and“autumn”?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】E

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了为什么英国人说秋天用“autumn”而美国人用“autumn”和“fall”的原因。

【1】根据后文“Why does this season have two names in English?”可知此处要提及秋天的两种说法（名字），对比选项，故选F。

【2】根据上文介绍autumn和fall都不是第一个描述秋天的词，及“During this season, crops（庄稼）would become ripe（成熟）and farmers would have a big harvest（丰收）.”可知此处介绍第一个描述秋天的词，故选D。

【3】根据上文介绍“harvest”一词不那么有用，及后文新的词“fall”出现，可知此处用来引出秋天新名字出现，故选A。

【4】根据后文“It gradually replaced（替代）"fall" as the word for this season.”可知此处要引出另一秋天的新名称，故选C。

【5】根据上文介绍英国人把单词“fall”和“autumn”带到了北美洲，所以此处得出结论上文是为什么今天的美国人一个季节有两个名字的原因，故选E，