Question

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

The English language is different from any  36  language. Yet English words do not  37  the same. It is always  38 . People need new words  39  new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used  40 a new way.

English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from  42  and so on. Now new space and science words  43  from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words  44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.

Sometimes, new words are  45  forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the  46  of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the  47  part of “airplane”. 48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after  49  named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that  50 made this product.

1.	A．other B．others C．another D．else

2.	A．leave B．change C．stay D．use

3.	A．keeping B．changing C．kept D．changed

4.	A．for B．of C．with D．about

5.	A．by B．on C．in D．at

6.	A．change B．changed C．turns D．turned

7.	A．India B．America C．Germany D．China

8.	A．are borrowing B．are being borrowed C．borrow D．borrows

9.	A．alone B．out C．together D．outside

10.	A．longer B．middle C．never D．short

11.	A．beginning B．end C．middle D．front

12.	A．back B．middle C．front D．end

13.	A．While B．During C．When D．as

14.	A．a man B．a kind of food C．a company D．a place

15.	A．first B．last C．again D．once

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.A

【解析】略