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One of the most interesting of all studies is the study of words and word origins （来源） . Each language is 1 of several earlier languages, and the words of a language can sometimes be traced （追溯） back through two or three different languages to their 2 . Again , a word from one language may 3 into other languages and 4 a new meaning. The word “etiquette” , which is of Freuch origin and originally meant a label , 5 a sign , passed into Spanish and 6 its original meaning. So in Spanish the word “etiquette” today is used to 7 the small paper which a store 8 to a suit, a dress or a bottle. The word “etiquette” in French, 9 , gradually developed a different meaning. It 10 became the custom to write directions on small cards, or “etiquette” , as to how visitors should dress themselves and 11 during an imporiant ceremony. 12 the word “etiquette” began to mean a system of correct manners for people to follow. 13 this meaning, the word passed into English.
Consider the word “breakfast”. To fast is to go for some period of time without 14 . Thus in the morning, after many hours 15 the night without food, one 16 his fast.
Consider the everyday English 17 “Goodbye” . Many , many years ago people would say to each 18 on parting:“God be with you. ” As this was 19 over and over millions of times , it gradually became 20 to “Goodbye” .
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St.Patrick's Day is Ireland's greatest national holiday as well as a holy(神圣的) day.Each year, millions of people world－wide celebrate this __1__on March 17, the date of St.Patrick's death.It is a happy holiday for the Irish living in Ireland and __2__.The day is celebrated with parades(游行), speeches, festival dinners, and dances.__3__ is the colour of the day, with thousands of little cloth shamrocks(三叶草) on.
St.Patrick was born in Britain to __4__ parents near the end of the fourth century.At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders(入侵者) __5__ his family's wealth.So he had to __6__ a shepherd, outdoors and away from people.__7__lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion(宗教) and became a Christian.
The first St.Patrick's Day parade __8__ not in Ireland, but in the United States.Irish soldiers in the British army __9__ through New York City on March 17, 1762 with Irish music.Since then, St.Patrick's Day parades have become a way for Irish Americans to show their __10__every year.In 1948, President Truman __11__the New Year City's St.Patrick's Day parade, which was a __12__moment for many Irish people whose fathers and grandfathers had to fight against people who disliked them to find __13__ in America.
It was in Boston where the Day was first celebrated in a public way. __14__ since 1762, the New York City's parade on St.Patrick's Day has __15___ more than one million people each year.
Meanwhile, the city of Chicago has __16__ a special tradition of colouring the river water green.It started in 1962 when 100 pounds of green paint was __17__ its rivers, enough to keep them green for a week.The __18__ has continued till today.Now, 40 pounds of a green food colouring keeps the rivers green for only a few hours.Historically, __19__the shamrocks and things green has become a __20__ symbol of declaring the Irish national and cultural identity(特性)．
1．A.holiday B．festival C．honor D．date
2．A.places B．abroad C．England D．aboard
3．A.Green B．Blue C．Grass D．Red
4．A.poor B．cruel C．unhealthy D．wealthy
5．A.giving B．stealing C．attacking D．processing
6．A.serve in B．stand for C．work as D．act for
7．A.Feeling B．Keeping C．Remaining D．performing
8．A.held up B．took place C．was occurred D．happened
9．A.advanced B．marched C．processed D．progressed
10．A.existence B．anger C．struggle D．importance
11．A.led B．attended C．joining D．acting
12．A.responsible B．forgettable C．proud D．unthinkable
13．A.reception B．acceptance C．refusal D．resistance
14．A.Celebrated B．Completed
C．Held D．Performed
15．A.attempted B．drawn C．driven D．employed
16．A.developed B．created C．built D．invented
17．A.added up B．added up to C．added to D．risen to
18．A.custom B．tradition C．habit D．practice
19．A.making up B．dressing in
C．wearing D．having
20．A.abstract B．practical C．false D．powerful
A 3 years ago,people were in the habit of making their own amusements.When a group of people 4 ,they talked,played cards or other games,or went out riding, shooting,or walking together.Most people could sing a little,or play some musical? instrument reasonably well；so at a party the guests amused each other.??5 , conversation(聊天) was an 6 ；amusing conversation could 7 people happy for hours.?
As for games such as football and cricket(板球),people were also in the habit of playing them themselves.Most of them did not play very well,but they 8 themselves and their friends.?
Nowadays we are amused by professional singers or players.Why listen to your friends singing when you can 9 the great singers of the world over the radio or on TV? Why play football with players who 10 very good when you can go to 11 some of the best players playing football in your country??
12 an important match? Few people do this.You may just sit comfortably?13 and watch the game without the 14 of going outside.?
The art of conversation and the 15 of playing and singing by ourselves are?16 ；people are becoming more and more lookers and listeners,and 17 doers and talkers. This change does people 18 .It is 19 to do something personally than 20 to sit and watch others doing it.
1.A.harm B.pleasure C.changes D.danger?
2.A.busy B.free C.good D.lazy?
3.A.hundred B.thousand C.century D.few?
4.A.walked B.played C.joined D.gathered?
5.A.First of all B.Above all C.After all D.At first?
6.A.art B.interest C.fun D.importance?
7.A.let B.make C.keep D.cause?
8.A.enjoyed B.played C.taught D.amused?
9.A.watch B.become C.hear D.admire?
10.A.is B.are C.is not D.are not?
11.A.join in B.play with C.watch D.find?
12.A.Acting B.Enjoying C.Seeing D.Playing?
13.A.at home B.at a cinema C.at a stadium D.at the playground?
14.A.problem B.trouble C.question D.difficulty?
15.A.custom B.habit C.practice D.interest?
16.A.growing B.developing C.dying D.disappearing?
17.A.better and bette B.worse and worse?
C.more and more D.fewer and fewer?
18.A.more good than harm B.either good or harm?
C.more harm than good D.neither good nor harm?
19.A.good B.better C.bad D.worse?
20.A.always B.seldom C.sometimes D.never??
1. What’s for dinner? I’m (饿死).?
2. Nothing （满意）him. He is always complaining.?
3. His (祖先）had come to England as refugees(难民）.?
4. The (起源）of the custom are unknown.?
5. Mr. Smith bought his wife a g （真正的）diamond necklace in memory of their tenth wedding anniversary.
6. It’s bad (礼貌）to talk in a loud voice on the mobile phone in public.?
7. Vancouver is （包围）by mountains on the north and east.?
8. With the Internet news from every part of the world （传播）rapidly.
9. Give Mary a call, she needs ____________________（振作）.
10. A plastic bag was seen （漂浮）in the water.
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