选择正确的答案Englishwordsdon’tstaythesame.Peopleneednewwordsfornewideasandnewinventions.Differentwordscomeintouse,oroldwordsareusedinanewway.Englishcanbechangedbyborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages.Thew

　　选择正确的答案

　　Englishwordsdon’tstaythesame.Peopleneednewwordsfornewideasandnewinventions.Differentwordscomeintouse,oroldwordsareusedinanewway.

　　Englishcanbechangedbyborrowingwordsfromotherlanguages.Theword“tomato”wasborrowedfromMexicoand“tea”camefromChinaandsoon.Nownewspaceandsciencewordsarebeingborrowedfromothercountries,too.Newwordscanbeformedbyaddingtwowordstogether.“Countryside”and“earthquake”aremadeupoftwoparts.Sometimesnewwordsareshorterformsofoldwords.Theword“photo”wasmadefrom“photograph”bycuttingofftheendofthelongerword.“Plane”wasmadebycuttingoffthefrontpartof“airplane”.Thenamesofpeopleandproductscanbecomenewwords,too.Our“sandwich”wasnamedafteramancalledSandwichand“sellotape”（透明胶带）wasanametheproduct.

　　（）1.NewEnglishwordsareneededbecause（）

　　A.peopleuseoldwordsinanewway

　　B.thepopulationisbiggernow

　　C.theoldwordsarenotenough

　　D.newideasandinventionsappearallthetime

　　（）2.WhichofthefollowingwordswastakentoEnglishfromanotherlanguage

　　A.PlaneB.SandwichC.Countryside.D.Tomato

　　()3.WhichofthefollowingwordscamefromChina.

　　A.Tea

　　B.Earthquake

　　C.Airplane

　　D.Sellotape

　　()4.HowmanywaysofdevelopingEnglishwordsdoesthepassagetellus.

　　A.Three

　　B.Four

　　C.Five

　　D.Six

　　()5.Themainideaofthispassageis（）

　　A.howtheEnglishwordsaredeveloping

　　B.thattherearenewideasinEnglandtoday

　　C.howpeoplenamenewproductsandinventions.

　　D.howpeopleuseoldwordsinanewway