选择正确的答案Englishwordsdon’tstaythesame.Peopleneednewwordsfornewideasandnewinventions.Differentwordscomeintouse,oroldwordsareusedinanewway.Englishcanbechangedbyborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages.Thew
选择正确的答案
Englishwordsdon’tstaythesame.Peopleneednewwordsfornewideasandnewinventions.Differentwordscomeintouse,oroldwordsareusedinanewway.
Englishcanbechangedbyborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages.Theword“tomato”wasborrowedfromMexicoand“tea”camefromChinaandsoon.Nownewspaceandsciencewordsarebeingborrowedfromothercountries,too.Newwordscanbeformedbyaddingtwowordstogether.“Countryside”and“earthquake”aremadeupoftwoparts.Sometimesnewwordsareshorterformsofoldwords.Theword“photo”wasmadefrom“photograph”bycuttingofftheendofthelongerword.“Plane”wasmadebycuttingoffthefrontpartof“airplane”.Thenamesofpeopleandproductscanbecomenewwords,too.Our“sandwich”wasnamedafteramancalledSandwichand“sellotape”(透明胶带)wasanametheproduct.
()1.NewEnglishwordsareneededbecause()
A.peopleuseoldwordsinanewway
B.thepopulationisbiggernow
C.theoldwordsarenotenough
D.newideasandinventionsappearallthetime
()2.WhichofthefollowingwordswastakentoEnglishfromanotherlanguage
A.PlaneB.SandwichC.Countryside.D.Tomato
()3.WhichofthefollowingwordscamefromChina.
A.Tea
B.Earthquake
C.Airplane
D.Sellotape
()4.HowmanywaysofdevelopingEnglishwordsdoesthepassagetellus.
A.Three
B.Four
C.Five
D.Six
()5.Themainideaofthispassageis()
A.howtheEnglishwordsaredeveloping
B.thattherearenewideasinEnglandtoday
C.howpeoplenamenewproductsandinventions.
D.howpeopleuseoldwordsinanewway