Although English is not as old as Chinese , it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words and we are often able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from.  Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham?  About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe.  They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.  They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food.  When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was.  The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.”  One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea.  He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them.  Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”.  Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting.  Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too.  This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
小題1:Hamburg is ____________
A．a(chǎn) kind of foodB．a(chǎn) round piece of beef
C．the name of a village D．a(chǎn) city in Germany
小題2:According to the passage, ___________.
A．few Americans like hamburgers
B．hamburgers are made with beef
C．hamburgers are made with ham
D．hamburgers were first sold about a century ago
小題3:According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?
A．Where all the new words come from.
B．Where those Germans came from.
C．The reason why a word has a certain meaning.
D．The reason why English is spoken around the world.
小題4:From the story, we can know that the word “hamburger” comes from ___________.
A．China because it has a long history
B．English because Germans don’t speak good English
C．The round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating
D．English speakers because they always create new words

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C
本文主要講了英語(yǔ)單詞每天都在被創(chuàng)造，并講了Hamburger這個(gè)名字的由來(lái)
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。由They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg可知Hamburg是一個(gè)城市。故選D
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。由第二段About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe.  They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.  They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food.  When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was.  The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.”  One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea.  He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them.  Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”.  Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.可知，漢堡包大約在一百年前被出售。故選D
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章最后一段This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.可知C正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段可知B正確
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