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Exercises
A. Determining the main idea. Choose the best answer. Do not refer to the text.
The main idea of the text is _______ . ( D )
(a) that English ancestors invented the main part of the English language in
four different ways
(b) that invented words are generally made up in three different ways
(c) that borrowed words and other kinds of words make up about one fifth of the
English language
(d) how various kinds of English words are invented
B. Comprehending the text. Choose the best answer.
1.English has __________ words. ( C )
(a) 6 000
(b) 60 000
(c) 600 000
(d) 6 000 000
2. Ampere, volt and watt are examples of __________ . ( D )
(a) invented words
(b) imitative words
(c) borrowed words
(d) words from the names of persons
3. Prefixes and suffixes are _____________. ( B )
(a) whole words that don't have their own meanings
(b) parts of words that have their special meanings
(c) from either Greek or Latin .
(d) parts of words that are meaningless
4. According to the text, \D )
(a) a root word
(b) a prefix
(c) a suffix
(d) all of the above
5. Every day, ______ lead to the invention of many new words to describe them. ( A )
(a) new discoveries in science and technology
(b) Anglo-Saxon words
(c) root words
(d) nonsense words
6. An invented word may become a permanent part of the English language, if ______ . ( C )
(a) people know where it came from
(b) it was invented by a famous writer
(c) it has been used by many people over a long period of time
(d) linguists are interested in it
7. In the text, the author repeatedly mentions Lewis Carroll as he was ________________. ( D )
(a) an English actor good at making people laugh
(b) a dishonest politician
(c) a character in Alice in Wonderland
(d) a great inventor of meaningless words 8. \D )
(a) imitative words that sound like the thing or action they stand for
(b) words invented by combining different meanings together
(c) words made up of prefixes and suffixes
(d) long big words that mean nothing
9. In the author's opinion, the best words are _________. ( D )
(a) short ones
(b) gobbledygook
(c) long, fancy ones
(d) short, old ones
10. The author's primary purpose in writing this article is to __________. ( B )
of words
(a) please the reader with the interesting story of different kinds
英语泛读教程3---UNIT1(刘乃银)
