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

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