English words don’t stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words e into use, or old words are used in a new way.
English can be changed by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and“tea”came from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. “Countryside” and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “airplane”. The names of people and products can bee new words, too. Our “sandwich” was named after a man called Sandwich and “sello tape”(透明胶带) was a name given by the pany that first made the product.
【小题1】New English words are needed because .A．people use old words in a new wayB．the population is bigger nowC．the old words are not enoughD．new ideas and new inventions appear all the time【小题2】.Which of the following words came from China?A．Tea.B．Earthquake.C．Airplane.D．Sello tape.【小题3】How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?A．Three.B．Four.C．Five.D．Six.【小题4】.The main idea of this passage is .A．that the English language is always changingB．that there are new ideas in England todayC．how people name new products and inventionsD．how people use old words in a new wayD
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(答案→)D
解析：62.根据People need new words for new ideas and new inventions.可知选D。
63.根据“tea”came from China可知选A。
64.短文中提到四种构词途径：一是从其它语言引进单词，如：tomato；二是合成词，如：countryside；三是缩写词，如：photo；四是派生词，如：sandwich。所以选B。
65.本文主要接好了英语单词的发展变化，重点介绍了英语单词的集中形成方法，故选A，英语是一直发展变化的。