It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we're doing.
I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, and my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!
Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it immediately. Then along came email, and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.
Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another
couple of new verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.
Now my children bought me a mobile phone, known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message for them on their phone. Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ll start using it myself!
1. “I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means .
A. it was a firm arrangement
B. it was an uncertain arrangement
C. the arrangement should be written as a diary
D. he prefers a pencil to a pen
2.A website address can be easily found if it has been______.
A. emailed B. messaged C. favorited D. texted
3.Which of the following has not been used as a verb, yet?
A. message B. page C. email D. mobile
4.The best title for this passage is____.
A. New Verbs from Nouns
B. The Development of the English language
C. New Technology and New words
D. Technology and Language.
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.A
【解析】
试题分析：
1.B 推理题。根据第二段第2行meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!
说明用铅笔写意为着不是最终的决定，只是临时的决定，故B正确。
2.C 推理题。根据第四段最后一行I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.说明我把这些网站设置成我最喜欢的网站，通过这种方法可以让我很快就找到这些网站。故C正确。
3.D 细节题。根据and we were soon all emailing each other madly. 和I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.以及I can message someone, 说明ABC都可以作为动词，只有D项文章没有提及可以作为动词，故D正确。
4.A 主旨大意题。本文通过多个例子告诉我们很多名词都已经转换成了动词，故A正确。
考点：考查文化类短文阅读
点评：本文通过多个例子告诉我们很多名词都已经转换成了动词。考查推理题较多，要求考生准确定位，做出细心的判断。
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| B．wearing gloves when cleaning your pet’s cage |
| C．washing your pet in the bathtub |
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| B．Letting your dog drink from the toilet. |
| C．Feeding your little cat with raw meat. |
| D．Giving your cat cooked fish. |
| A．call an animal rescue group |
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____________________________________________
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____________________________________________
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1.Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?
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A．She failed to take care of Flora. |
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B．She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight. |
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C．She couldn’t go to hospital on time. |
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D．She told Harris about her mother’s illness. |
2.What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?
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A．She thinks it harder to look after her parents the next few years. |
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B．Her parents cannot take of themselves at all. |
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C．She cannot do a demanding job. |
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D．She cannot afford to go to California often. |
3.What does the underlined word “outsource” in the last paragragh mean?
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A．Arrange somebody outside to do a job. |
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B．Work something out by oneself. |
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C．Speak something out for help. |
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D．Understand something. |
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A．Aging people in the USA are increasing. |
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B．The rate of heart disease is high in America. |
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C．It is difficult to tend aging parents from afar. |
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D．Harris advises on tending aging parents from afar. |
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