English words do not stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way.

    English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word "tomato" was borrowed from Mexico, and "tea" came from China and so on. Now new space and science  words are being borrowed from  other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. "weekend" and "cookbook" are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words   are shorter forms of older words. The word "photo" was made from "photograph" by cutting    off  the end of the longer word. "Plane" was made by cutting off the front part of "airplane".  The names of people and products can become new words. Our "sandwich" was named after     a man. "Sandwich" and "Sello" was a name given by the company that first made the product.

l. New English words are needed because________.

A. people use old words in a new way   

B. people need a new way to explain things

       C. the world is changing and developing quickly

       D. new ideas and new inventions appear constantly

2. Which of the following words was taken to England from another country?

       A. Plane.        B. Sandwich.      C. Tomato.       D. Weekend.

3. We know from the passage that

       A. new science words are shorter than the old ones

       B. the best way to make a new word is adding words together

       C. some new English words come from company names

       D. most new English words are borrowed from other languages

4. How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?

       A. Three.         B. Four.         C. Five.          D. Six.

5. The main idea of this passage is

       A. that the English language is always changing

       B. that there are new ideas in English today

       C. how people name new products and inventions

       D. how the change of languages goes on in the word

Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words together. “Postman” and “grandfather” are words made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. “Smog” was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words “smoke” and “fog”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named “Sandwich” .

1. The English language needs new words　　   . 　　　　

A. to make it more beautiful

B. to make up some stories

C. for new inventions and new ideas

2. The passage makes you think that　　   .

A. all the new words are borrowed from other languages

B. languages do not stay the same all the time

C. the English language has more words than other languages

3. On the whole, the passage is about. 　　　　　　　　　　

A. borrowing words from other languages

B. naming new products

C. the development of the English language

4. The word “coffee” is an example to show that　　   . 　　 

A. the English language is always changing very fast

B. English can change by borrowing words from other languages

C. English is not as perfect as some other languages

5. Which of the following is true?　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. New words in the English language come into being in different ways.

B. New English words must be longer than the older ones.

C. All the languages except English always stay the same.

　　English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and “tea” came from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. “Countryside”and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word“photo” was made from “photograph”by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane”was made by cutting off the front part of“airplane”. The names of people and products（产品）can become new words, too. Our “sandwich”was named after a man Sandwich and “sellotape”（透明胶带）was a name given by the company that first made the product.

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A．people use old words in a new way

B．people need a new way to explain things

C．the old words are not enough

D．new ideas and new inventions appear all the time

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A．that the English language is always changing

B．that there are new ideas in England today

C．how people name new products and inventions

D．how people use old words in a new way

One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   36  her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   37  how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class  38  and began to talk among themselves   39 .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   40  for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very  41 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   42  me to help him out again. When he was not paying   43   , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very   44  among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do  45 . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine  46 I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to  47  what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   48  my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way  49  . I had to leave my school. That was a good  50  for me.