Question

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know

  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.

　　Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.

　　Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

　  And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.

You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.                A．what           B．that            C．which    D．who

2.                A．read           B．used           C．thought   D．understood

3.                A．for            B．from           C．about    D．like

4.                A．fit             B．read           C．get D．have

5.                A．different        B．same           C．right D．wrong

6.                A．first            B．only           C．safe D．last

7.                A．heard of        B．heard from      C．thought over   D．thought about

8.                A．hit            B．hurt           C．loved D．moved

9.                A．not others      B．not every       C．not all    D．not other

10.               A．careful         B．southern       C．illness D．handwriting

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了复合词的意思并不是简单的词与词的简单相加，需要根据具体的语境选择合适的意思。在平时的学习中要注意总结复合词，大家不能“望词生义”。

1.根据题干，本空应该是作mean的宾语，本句的意思“你知道每个词都有它自己的意思。”所以本题选A

2.根据题干，本句的意思是“但是要考虑一下他们用在以前的意思是什么。”故用used。所以本题选B。

3.本句的意思是“大家想一下关于SEASICK这个单词”。只有about是“关于”。所以本题选C。

4.本题考查词义辨析。Get“得到”；fit”适合“，”与…一致；“read“读”；have“有”。本句的意思是“这个含义时候seasick吗？”所以本题选A。

5.由下句Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. 可知上句应为：它的意思不是“思念大海”，而是完全不同的意思，所以本题选A。

6.本句的意思是“如果你晕船，你最不想去的地方就是坐船（在海上）。”也就是

7.hear of“听说”，hear from“受到某人的来信”，think over“重新考虑”，think about“考虑”。本句的意思是“你听说过心脏病人吗？”所以本题选A。

8.hit“打击”，hurt“受伤”，love“爱”，move“移动”。本句的意思是“人们沮丧当他们受伤了，在内心深处，仿佛他们的心都碎了。”所以本题选B。

9.根据题干，本句的意思是“你看，并不是所以的复合词都是你开始一瞥时的意思。”“并非所有的”是not all。所以本题选C。

10.根据handshake可知，此处需要选一个复合词，四个选项中只有 handwriting

是复合词，故选D。

考点：本题考查教育类文章