Although English is not as 0old as Chinese it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating（創(chuàng)造）new words, and we should be 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（火腿）? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English. But they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef（牛肉）,they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like what the men from Hamburger ate. Then he put them between two pieces of bread and started selling them. 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. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.
小題1: According to the writer, English ___   _.
A．is as old as ChineseB．is older than German
C．is not so old as ChineseD．is very difficult to learn
小題2:Hamburger is___   _.
A．a(chǎn) kind of foodB．a(chǎn) round piece of beef
C．the name of a villageD．a(chǎn) city in Germany
小題3:According to the story, ___   __.
A．few Americans like hamburgers
B．hamburgers are made with beef
C．hamburgers are made with ham
D．Hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago.
小題4:According to the writer, which of the following can 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 any word has a certain meaning.
D．The reason why English is spoken around the world.
小題5:According to the story, the word “hamburgers” comes from_____  __.
A．China because it has a long history.
B．England because Germans don’t speak good English.
C．The round pieces of beef those people from Hamburg brought to America.
D．English speakers because they always create new words.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：
小題1:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一句Although English is not as old as Chinese it is spoken by many people around the world every day.說明英語沒有漢語古老，C正確。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第三行They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.說明D正確。
小題3:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后三行. He cooked some round pieces of beef like what the men from Hamburger ate. Then he put them between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Today “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.說明在漢堡里面有牛肉，故B正確。
小題4:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.說明C正確。
小題5:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段可知漢堡是由一群來自德國漢堡的人帶來的用牛肉做成的食物，故C正確。
點評：文章解釋了英語中每個單詞都有自己的意思和來源，并舉了漢堡的例子。本文較為簡單，所考查的能力主要集中在細節(jié)考查方面。
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