Wine 葡萄酒 “葡萄藤 .拉丁语叫vine.用葡萄酿造的酒.叫vinum. 古英语把“葡萄 叫做winberige.意即“vine berry .拉丁语词vinum进入古英语后写作win. 现在的wine除指“葡萄酒 .“果子酒 外.也可泛指“酒 . 查看更多

 

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   People often think the English do not like to speak ___1___ languages. In fact, English is a mixture of words from many ___2___ languages.

  Many English ___3___ come from Latin(拉丁语), the old language of Rome(罗马),and also ___4___ Greek. From Latin we got words such aswine,useandday. From Greek we have words likephotograph,Bible”(圣经)andink. There are ___5___ many words from ___6___ Greek and Latin togethertelevision,for example. Hereteleis Greak forfarandvisioncomes from Latin and meansseeing.

   Many common ___7___ words come from very strange places.Teais from China andbananafrom West Africa.Potatocame ___8___ the English language from Haiti(海地), andtomatofirst came from Mexico.

  In modern Britain there are four separate languages: English, Welsh(威尔士语), Scotish Gaelic(苏格兰盖尔语)and Irish Gaelic(爱尔兰盖尔语). And the English language ___9___ is very different from one place to another. There are also many ___10___ in spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation ___11___ American and British English.

  The English language is always growing. Today, it has in fact ___12___ the language of the international trade, science and technology.

(1Aanother

Bothers

    Cthe other

Dother

(2Akinds

Bdifference

    Cdifferences

Ddifferent

(3Apeople

Bwords

    Clanguage

Dletters

(4Afrom

Bare

    Ccome

Dof

(5Atoo

Bstill

    Calso

Deither

(6Aeither

Bneither

    Cboth

Dor

(7AEnglish

BLatin

    CGreek

DAmerican

(8Afor

Bon

    Cfrom

Dinto

(9AIt' self

Bit self

    Citself

Dself

(10Adifferences

Bdifference

   Cdifferent

Ddifferently

(11Aat

Bin

   Camong

Dbetween

(12Abecoming

Bbecame

   Cbecome

Dbecomes

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  Henry's family had a picnic over the weekend. They asked their friends, Nancy and her husband, to go with them. On Sunday morning, Henry's wife, Kate, got up early to get ready for sandwiches for the picnic. She asked Henry to get some soft drinks. Henry told her they were in the fridge. Then Kate asked him to get the picnic basket ready. She also told him he must put paper plates in it. At 10 o'clock in the morning Nancy called and told Henry she would like to bring something to the picnic. Kate called her back and asked her to bring a bottle of wine(葡萄酒). Nancy and her husband came in the middle of the day. The two families went to a nearby park. A small river runs through the park. There were tables and chairs under the trees beside the river. The weather was cloudy, but it didn't rain. Everybody enjoyed the picnic and it was a very happy Sunday afternoon.

(1) How many people are there in the story?

[  ]

AThree

BFour

CFive

DSix

(2) Who brought a bottle of wine to the picnic?

[  ]

ANancy

BKate

CHenry

DNancy's husband.

(3) When did the two families had a picnic? They had a picnic

[  ]

Aevery Sunday morning

Bat ten in the morning

Con a Sunday afternoon

Don a cloudy evening

(4) Which of the following do you think they didn't take to the picnic?

[  ]

AWine and drinks.

BSandwiches

CPaper plates.

DTables and chairs

(5) Where did they put their food in when they went to the picnic?

[  ]

AIn the paper plates.

BIn the fridge.

COn a table beside the river.

DIn the picnic basket.

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  Mexico’s neighbours are the United States on the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south.Mexico is about one quarter of the United States.Mexico has more than ninety million people.The language of Mexico is Spanish.This makes Mexico the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country.

  Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico.The city is also very high.It is 7349 feet high(2240 metres).This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world.The population(人口)of Iexico City grows bigger every day.About thirty million people live there.It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

  Mexico also has its specialities(特点).Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico.Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico.Mexico is also famous for its cactus(仙人掌)plants.Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

(1)

Mexico is ________ the USA.

[  ]

A.

on the south of

B.

on the north of

C.

a part of

D.

as large as

(2)

Mexicans speak ________.

[  ]

A.

English

B.

French

C.

Spanish

D.

Latin(拉丁语)

(3)

Which of the following is NOT true?

[  ]

A.

Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

B.

The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.

C.

Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.

D.

Mexico City is the highest city in the world.

(4)

Tomatoes were originally(最初)grown in ________.

[  ]

A.

America

B.

Spain

C.

Tokyo

D.

Mexico

(5)

The best title(题目)of the passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

Mexico City

B.

Mexico’s plants

C.

Mexico

D.

Mexico’s population

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  Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south.Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States.Mexico has more than ninety million people.The language of Mexico is Spanish.This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

  Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico.The city is also very high.It is 7349 feet high(2240 metres).This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world.The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day.About thirty million people live there.It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

  Mexico also has its specialities.Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico.Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico.Mexico is also famous for its cactus(仙人掌)plants.Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

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(1)

Mexico is ________the USA.

[  ]

A.

on the south of

B.

on the north of

C.

a part of

D.

as large as

(2)

Mexicans speak________.

[  ]

A.

English

B.

Spanish

C.

French

D.

Latin(拉丁语)

(3)

Which of the following is NOT true?

[  ]

A.

Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

B.

The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.

C.

Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.

D.

Mexico City is the highest city in the world.

(4)

Tomatoes were originally(最初)grown in ________.

[  ]

A.

America

B.

Spain

C.

Tokyo

D.

Mexico

(5)

The best title(题目)of the passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

Mexico City

B.

Mexico's plants

C.

Mexico

D.

Mexico's population

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(完成单词) 他的“语言”以拉丁语、德语和希腊语的词汇为基础。

  His“language” _____ _____ _____ Iatin,German and Greek vocabulary.

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