Question

 Many students may have difficulty in memorizing(记)new words while learning English, and it usually gives them a1 However, if you know something about word formation(构词法)，things may become2 Let's take the word " homesick" as an example.

  Homesick is a compound(复合的)word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning 3 they are used together? The definition(定义)of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you4your home.

Now think for a minute 5SEASICK.

  If you change the word HOME into the word SEA,would the definition fit SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 6 Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick，the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the 7 place you want to be is at sea.

  Have you ever 8a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are 9 deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

And we also have other compound words, such as cookbook and 10Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

(   ) 1.A. backache    B. headache

       C. toothache    D. stomachache
(   ) 2. A. wider    B. nicer

       C. easier    D. harder

(   ) 3. A. how    B. why

       C. where    D. when

(   ) 4. A. miss    B. leave

       C. enter    D. build

(   ) 5. A. about    B. from

       C. with    D. for

(   ) 6. A. different    B. wrong

      C. strange    D. interesting

(   ) 7. A. first    B. last

       C. only    D. safe

(   ) 8. A. thought over    B. thought of

      C. heard from    D. heard of
(   ) 9. A. loved    B. beat

      C. hurt    D. moved

(   ) 10. A. discover    B. homeless

       C. preview    D. guidebook

Answer 1

l.B本句意为"记单词常会让学生感到头疼"。

2.C 

3.D

4. A  由上文中的Sick for home可知，homesick意为"想家"。

5. A think…about意为"考虑.... "。

6. A  由上下文可知，homesick意为"想家"，而seasick并非"想海"，两个词的定义是不同的。

7. B seasick意为"晕船的"。本句意为"当你晕船时，你最后想待的地方才是海上"。

8. D hear of意为"听说"。

9. C

10. D  由句中cookbook—词的构成可知，四个词中只有guidebook是合成词。