Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know
  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.
　　Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.
　　Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.
　  And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.
You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know

  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.

　　Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.

　　Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

　  And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.

You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.                A．what           B．that            C．which    D．who

2.                A．read           B．used           C．thought   D．understood

3.                A．for            B．from           C．about    D．like

4.                A．fit             B．read           C．get D．have

5.                A．different        B．same           C．right D．wrong

6.                A．first            B．only           C．safe D．last

7.                A．heard of        B．heard from      C．thought over   D．thought about

8.                A．hit            B．hurt           C．loved D．moved

9.                A．not others      B．not every       C．not all    D．not other

10.               A．careful         B．southern       C．illness D．handwriting

We live in computer age (时代). People    51    scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago,    52    couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very    53    people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and    54    . But they can do a lot of work; many people like to use them. Some people    55    have them at home.

Computers become very important because they can work    56    than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can    57    people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to    58    . Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to    59    . Computers can also remember what you    60    them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

(   )51. A. like　 　　B. as 　　　　　　C. and 　　　　　     D. with

(   )52. A. students 　B. scientists 　　　 C. teachers 　　　　   D. computers

(   )53. A. few 　　　B. a few 　　　　　C. little 　　　　　   D. a little

(   )54. A. cheap 　　B. cheaper 　　　  C. more expensive　　  D. expensive

(   )55. A. even 　　 B. still 　　　　　 C. already 　　　　　　D. yet

(   )56. A. fast　 　　B. faster 　　　　 C. slow 　　　　　　　D. slower

(   )57. A. help 　　  B. make 　　　　 C. stop 　　　　　　　D. use

(   )58. A. write 　　 B. play 　　　　　C. study 　　　　　　  D. learn

(   )59. A. sing 　　　B. study 　　　　 C. dance 　　　　　    D. watch

(   )60. A. put in　　　B. put on 　　　　C. put into 　　　　　  D. put up