SomeofyoumusthavecomplainedwhytherearesomanyEnglishwordsthatyouhaveto22everyday.HoweverdoyouknowhowmanywordstheEnglishlanguagehasexactly?Maybetenthousandonehundredthousandor23onemilli
SomeofyoumusthavecomplainedwhytherearesomanyEnglishwordsthatyouhaveto 22everyday.HoweverdoyouknowhowmanywordstheEnglishlanguagehasexactly?Maybetenthousandonehundredthousandor 23onemillion!
Every98minutesthereisanewEnglishwordbeing 24Lasttimewhenwordswerebeing25 tothelanguageatthisratewasduringthe 26ofWilliamShakespeare.The 27popularityofEnglishhas 28themostfertileperiodofwordcreation.About1.53billionpeoplespeakEnglishasa 29asecondorabusinesslanguage.TheGlobalLanguageMonitor 30inthestateofTexasintheUShasbeenrecordingEnglishwordcreationsince2003.NowtherearealmostonemillionEnglishwords.
Wordsthatarepredictedtobetheonemillionth 31 “defollow”“defriend”“noob”and“greenwashing”.“Defollow”and“defriend”areInternetwords 32whatusersdowithapersontheydonotwishto 33intouchwithontheInternet.“Noob”isanoffendingnameforsomeonenew 34aparticulartaskorcommunity.Theword“greenwashing” 35whatcompaniesdotoappear 36friendly.And“chiconomics”meansadifficulttimeinfashion.Ofcoursethereisa 37thattheonemillionthwordwillbeasixthchoice.TheGlobalLanguageMonitoronce 38thatthemillionthEnglishwordwouldbe“imminent”in2006buttheorganizationhas39thatexpecteddate 40once.Otherexpertshave 41doubtsaboutitsmethodsbecausetheydon’tthinkthatthereisanagreementabouthowtoclassifyaword.
22.A．write B．read C．memorize D．copy
23.A．still B．henceC．nevertheless D．even
24.A．inspiredB．motivated C．commented D．created
25.A．advocated B．addedC．adopted D．acquired
26.A．years B．days C．months D．hours
27.A．appropriate B．fundamental C．widespreadD．elementary
28.A．brought B．ledC．foundD．taken
29.A．primaryB．socialC．physicalD．typical
30.A．lay B．locatedC．built D．found
31.A．conclude B．consist C．exclude D．include
32.A．saying B．writing C．describingD．accounting
33.A．lose B．payC．have D．stay
34.A．onB．ofC．to D．with
35.A．refersto B．prefersto C．comesto D．sticksto
36.A．continually B．eventually C．env