62. Which of the following about "television" is true?

A. It is a mixture of two languages.

B. It is a verb.

C. It is a Greek word.

D. It is an English word.

E

In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. Since then many countries have successfully held the Olympics, such as England, France,Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. After more than a century the Games returned to its hometown in 2004.

When people hold the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem(象征、会徵). The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games was a white circle of olive branches in the sky.

Athens was developing a spirit of peace. An officer said, "While in Athens, the world should be at peace. We hope the peace is not just for a short time.

We would like the message from the Athens Games to help countries come together and solve their problems.

Two years later, the Olympic Games will be held in China. And China has already made a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The emblem has a single Chinese character on a red seal(印章)and means "Chinese seal--dancing Beijing". Below it, there are the words "Beijing 2008". The character in the emblem is "Jing’ [京]. It means "capital" of China and it is also like a runner or a dancer. The running figure(人形)of the emblem shows the spirit of the Olympics-faster, higher and stronger.

61. The old Romans spoke　　 　　.

A. Latin　　　　　　　 B. Italian

C. French　　　　　　　 D. Greek

60. The vocabulary of the English language is large because　　　　 .

A. the English do not like to speak other language

B. it came from different languages

C. many English words come from Latin

D. Britain has a long history

59. Which two languages are extinct?

A. English and French.　 B. Roman and Greek.

C. Latin and Greek.　　 D. French and German.

58. What does the underlined word mean?

A. each other　　　　　　 B. different

C. the same　　　　　　　 D. lovely

D

English is a mixture of many different languages. Because of this, the vocabulary of the English language is very large. It is much larger than almost any other language in the world.

Many English words came from Latin, the old language of Rome, and Greek. From Latin we get words like "wine", "use" and "day".　 From Greek we have words such as "photograph", "Bible"(圣经)and "ink". Because these two languages are extinct(过时的), the words have more often come through other languages such as French, or the old German language. There are also words from both Greek and Latin combined-- "television’’, for example, "tele" is Greek for "far" and "vision" comes from Latin meaning "seeing".

Many common English words came from other different places. "Tea" is from China, "banana" from West Africa. "Potato" from the island of Haiti(海地)in the West Indies(西印度群岛), and "tomato" from Mexico. One reason why the English language came from different languages is that many nations had invaded(侵略)Britain before. Two thousand years ago Romans came from Italy, and stayed for over four hundred years. After they left, came the Anglos(盎格鲁人), Saxons(撒克逊人)and Jutes(朱特人)from the northern part of Germany. In the ninth and tenth centuries Scandinavians(斯堪的纳维亚人)invaded the northern and eastern parts of the country.　 Finally, in the eleventh century William of Normandy(诺曼底)came from France, and became the King of England. Thus the French civilization(文明)and the French language were introduced into Britain.

57. Friendship is based on　　　　　 .

A. self-confidence

B. meeting more unknown people

C. more talking and smiling to people

D. taking from and giving to people

56. The best title of the text may be　　　　　 .

A. Friendship　　　　　　　　 B. How To Make Friends

C. Meeting New People　　　　 D. Facing the Unknown

55. Why do you think Lincoln liked to tell stories or jokes in dealing with some problems?

A. It took less time to tell stories or jokes

B. In order that people could easily accept his ideas.

C. It was easier for people to understand his ideas.

D. Because all people liked to listen to them.

C

Making friends is a skill.　 Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone. Join a club or a group. Talking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier.　 Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when, talking to new people.　 After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.　 Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves.　 We imagine other people are judging us or finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are and try to put the other person at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable.

If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on mutual liking and “give and take". It takes time and effort to develop

54. Lincoln used to tell stories or jokes

A. to show he was a funny man

B. to make people laugh or smile

C. for some of his purposes

D. to make fun of those who made mistakes

53. President Lincoln needed stories or jokes especially when　　 .

A. he was having a short-time rest

B. he was leading the Civil War

C. he wasn’t understood by others

D. he was too tired almost to do anything