Alanguageneverstandsstill.Itisalwayschanginganddeveloping.Thesechangesarerapidinprimitive(原始的)societies,butslowinadvanced(先进的)ones,becausetheinventionofprintingandthespreadofeducationhavefixedatraditionalusage.TheonlyimportantchangethatEnglishhasundergone(经历)sincethefirstofthe16thcenturyisalargeincreaseinitsvocabulary.Itisinterestingtotrace(追溯)thedifferentwayinwhichnewwordsareinvented(发明).LetustakejusttwoEnglishwords“sandwich”and“television”andseehowtheyweremade.

　　Sandwich,whichisnownotonlyanentirelyEnglishword,butalsoaninternationalword,comesfromtheEarlofSandwich(diedin1972)whoinventedtheparticularformofquickmealsothathecouldgoongambling(赌博)allthroughthenightwithoutstoppingfordinner.Manynamesofthingsareinfacttakenfromthenameofthefirstinventor,forexample,theelectricaltermsWattandVolt.

　　TelevisionisoneofmanynewscientificwordswhichareinventedfromoldGreekandLatinwords.“Tele”isGreek,meaning“far”,while“vision”comesfromtheLatinverb,meaning“tosee”.

　　（）6.WhatdoyouthinkVoltwas?Hewas.

　　A.aplayerB.aphysicistC.awriterD.anurse

　　（）7.Theinventionofsandwichhassomethingtodowith.

　　A.workB.studyC.gamblingD.journey

　　（）8.Thelanguagecannotdeveloprapidlyinadvancedsocietiesbecause.

　　A.thesocietieshavestoppedchanging

　　B.theprintinghasbeeninvented

　　C.theeducationhasspread

　　D.bothBandC