The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not 1        the same. It  is always 2        People need new words 3        new  inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use  or old words are used in a new way.

   English can change by borrowing words from other   languages. The word “ tomato ” was borrowed from  Mexico,the word “ coffee ” came from Turkey,and   “tea” from 4        and so on. Now new space and t science words 5        from other countries,too. New   words are also made by adding two words 6        The  words  strawberry”,“postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.

Sometimes new words are 7        forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 8        of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 9        part of “airplane”. While “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 10        named Sandwich,and “ jelly (果冻)” was a name made up by the company that first made this product.

(   ) 1. A. leave     B. change

C. stay     D. use

(   ) 2. A. keeping     B. changing

C. kept     D. changed

(   ) 3. A. for B. of C. with D. about

(   ) 4. A. India     B. America

C. Germany     D. China

(   ) 5. A. are borrowing     B. are being borrowed

C. borrow     D. buying

(   ) 6. A. alone     B. out

C. together     D. outside

(   ) 7. A. longer     B. middle

C. never     D. short

(   ) 8. A. beginning     B. end

C. middle     D. front

(   ) 9. A. back     B. middle

C. front     D. end

(   ) 10. A. a man     B. a kind of food

  C. a company     D. a place

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