【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容的理解, 選擇正確答案。 English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary--perhaps as many as two million words.
However, let's face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes（自相矛盾的說法), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese--so one moose, two meese?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That's why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
（1）What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A.English has a long history.
B.English is widely spread.
C.English makes a great difference
D.English is used to translate books.
（2）Which of the following includes two items that have the similar meaning?
A.A wise man and a wise guy.
B.Overlook and oversee.
C.Quite a lot and quite a few.
D.Hot as hell and cold as hell.
（3）The underlined words "wind up" in the last paragraph probably mean "______".
A.blow
B.roll up
C.get hurt
D.finish
（4）What does the last paragraph want to show?
A.Human beings are very clever.
B.English is difficult to learn.
C.There are too many words in English.
D.The same words have different meanings.

【答案】
（1）C
（2）C
（3）D
（4）A
【解析】英語是世界上使用最廣的語言, 文章通過列舉英語詞匯的多變性、多義性來說明發(fā)明英語的人類的聰明智慧。
（1）推理判斷題。第一段介紹英語是使用最廣泛的語言, 七分之一的人說英語, 一半多的書和四分之三的國(guó)際郵件是英語, 英語的詞匯量也是最大的。由此可知本段主要講述的是英語的重要影響, 故選C.
（2）細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第五段a wise man and a wise guy are opposites； How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?這些例子可知quite a lot 和quite a few是近義詞, 其他幾組都是反義詞。故選C.
（3）猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)最后一句when I wind up this essay, I end it.可知此處"wind up"指結(jié)束, 與finish同義, 故選D.
（4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings.可知英語是人們發(fā)明的, 它的發(fā)明反映了人們的創(chuàng)造性和聰明。所以本段在說人類是聰明的, 故選A.
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