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【題目】根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

The guy who tried to edit English

The English vocabulary is not only huge, it is also full of words that mean practically the same thing. Get, obtain, acquire. Shine, gleam, glow, sparkle. 【1】

That was the thinking of a British writer named C.K. Ogden, who in the 1930s promoted a new form of English with a vocabulary of just 850 words. He called the project Basic English. 【2】

Ogden arrived at his 850-word list through experimentation. The words he finally included were not necessarily the shortest or most concrete. 【3】 Because any verbal (動詞的) idea could be expressed with a small number of “operators”— words like come, go, take, have, make, be and do — Ogden argued that most verbs were unnecessary. In Basic English, eat is “have a meal” and forget is “go from memory.”

Winston Churchill was a fan of the concept as a way to get foreigners to speak English, and he encouraged the BBC to use it. 【4】 Roosevelt, who expressed mild interest, joked that Churchill’s famous speech about offering his “blood, toil, tears and sweat” to his country wouldn’t have been so exciting if he “had been able to offer the British people only blood, work, eye water and face water, which I understand is the best that Basic English can do with five famous words.”

【5】 Churchill didn’t use it either. When seeking to express ourselves, we don’t necessarily need fewer words; we need the right words. So it’s our benefit to have a large supply of words on hand.

A. Do we really need them all?

B. How many words are there in English?

C. Ogden himself didn’t actually use Basic English.

D. Plenty of seeming basic words did not make the list at all.

E. He also tried to persuade President Franklin Roosevelt to promote it.

F. He believed it would make the language more efficient and easier to learn.

G. Despite attention from world leaders, Basic English never got as far as expected.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】F

【3】D

【4】E

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了由奧格登創(chuàng)造出來的一種簡化英語——基本英語。

【1】A 第一段講到英語的詞匯量很大且有很多同義詞，第二段提到奧格登將英語詞匯量減到850個，故此處應該是問“我們確實需要那么多詞匯嗎”。故選A。

【2】F 奧格登之所以創(chuàng)造基本英語是因為他覺得這樣英語會更有效率，更容易學。故選F。

【3】D 根據(jù)上文的were not necessarily the shortest or most concrete及下文舉的例子可知，很多基礎的詞匯并沒有出現(xiàn)在基本英語中。故選D。

【4】E 由下文的 Roosevelt—who expressed mild interest可知，此處是說丘吉爾也試圖說服羅斯�？偨y(tǒng)推廣基本英語。故選E。

【5】C 根據(jù)下文的 Churchill didn’t use it either 可知，C項“奧格登并沒有真正使用基本英語”符合語境。故選C。

【名師點撥】

1.七選五閱讀題，有部分題出現(xiàn)在每一段的開始位置，若問題在段首 1.通常是段落主題句。認真閱讀該段落，根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找相關詞或者同義詞，從而推測出主題句，找到答案。 2.與后文是并列、轉折、因果關系等。著重閱讀后文第一兩句，鎖定線索信號詞，然后在選項中查找 相關特征詞。一般來說正確答案與它后面的一句話的在意思上是銜接的，所以通常情況下，這兩句話中會 有某種的銜接手段。3.段落間的過渡句。這時要前瞻后望找到啟示，即閱讀上一段結尾部分，通常正確答案與上一段結尾有機地銜接起來，并結合下一段內容，看所選的答案是否將兩段內容連貫起來。40.【5】C根據(jù)下文的 Churchill didn’t use it either 可知，“奧格登并沒有真正使用基本英語”符合語境。故選C。

2.根據(jù)上下文的內容確定空格處的選項。36.【1】A第一段講到英語的詞匯量很大且有很多同義詞，第二段提到奧格登將英語詞匯量減到850個，故此處應該是問“我們確實需要那么多詞匯嗎”。故選A。