阅读理解

　　Homesick is a compound (复合) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME．

　　Now think for a minute about SEASICK. If you change the word home in the definition (释义) to the word sea, would the definition fit SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite different. Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA．When you are homesick, the only place you want is to be at home. When you are seasick, the last place you want to be is at sea.

　　Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? Heart-sick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.

　　But, on the other hand, we have such compound words as handshake and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions for them and knowing something like this must be helpful in your English study.

1．The word SEASICK means ________.

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A．to want very much to go to the sea

B．what has nothing to do with the sea

C．to be sick because of the sea

D．that the sea is terrible

2．When we say a person is heartsick, we mean that ________.

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A．his heart is broken

B．his heart needs testing

C．he's happy at heart

D．he's terribly disappointed and sad.

3．“The last place you want to be” is ________.

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A．where you want to be most

B．where you want to be least

C．where you go for at first

D．the last place you go to

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　　Homesick is a compound(复合) word made 1 of HOME and SICK．You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are 2 together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME.

　　Now think 3 a minute about SEASICK. 4 you change the word home in the definition(释义) to the word sea, would the definition fit SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 5 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick, the only place you want is to be at home. When you are seasick, the 6 place you want to be is at sea.

　　Have you ever heard of a person being 7 ? Heartsick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are 8 deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.

　　But, on the other hand, we have such compound words 9 handshake and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions for them. Knowing something like this must be 10 in your English study.

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Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know
  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.
　　Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.
　　Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.
　  And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.
You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46   means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47   they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.
Now think for a minute   48 SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49 SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are    51   ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52   you want to be is at sea.
Have you ever   53   a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54  deep inside as if their hearts are broken.
And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55  . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.