Question

8．Languages keeps developing，and English is no exception．It is a language that embraces new words that may be cool today bill gone tomorrow．
     There are，however，some words and phrases that have stood the test of time．OK．which has become the international standard for expressing agreement，is a good example．
     But why is this rather odd expression so popular and so useful when we could use any number of other words to say the same thing？-
     Writing in The Times，Alien Metcalf，author of OK：．The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word，writes："What OK provided that the others did not was neutrality（中性），a way to express agreement without having to offer an opinion．"
     For example，if someone asks you"Shall we go for a walk after lunch？"you can simply respond"OK"．There you go-no extra opinions．Just straight，plain old OK．
     So just where did this rather curious expression come from？The origins of OK have been widely disputed．Some people have guessed that OK was the name of a person or a product．
     Speakers of many different languages have had their say on this question，keen to claim the term as their own．．
     Writing an article for London's Metro newspaper，Metcalf states；"0 arid K are present in every language of the world，as expressions that can be abbreviated（縮寫） OK．"For example； French-"o qu-oui"，"yes indeed"； German-"Ohne Korrektur"，"without correction needed"； and in Latin or Greek，"Olla kalla"．"all good"．
     But，does it sound a little too informal with this popular little expression？
     Apparently not．
     In a speech where he stated that his election would not be a radical （激進的） result to all problems．President Obama said："…？even though I am president…，AI-Qaida is still a threat and that we cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president，suddenly everything's going to be OK，"he said．
     So，there you go，straight from the president．It's OK to say OK，and thanks to the expression's widespread usage across the world，you can be understood anywhere．
41．What is the article mainly about？B
A．The origin of OK．
B．Popularity of OK across the world．
C．A debate over the usage of OK．
D．The development of the English language．
42．According to Alien Metcalf，OK differs from other terms to express agreement in thatC．
A．it is easiest to say
B．it is the most commonly used
C．it doesn't involve emotion           
D．it is the most informal and casual
43．The underlined word"disputed"in Paragraph 6 probably meansD，
A．understood       B．a(chǎn)greed       C．believed         D．a(chǎn)rgued
44．Using the example of Obama，the author intends to show thatA
A．OK is widely used even on formal occasions
B．Obama likes to use'OK when he speaks
C．there is still a long way to go to defeat AI-Qaida
D．the use of OK is encouraged in formal speech and in documents．

Answer 1

分析 作者在文中主要介紹了語言發(fā)展的規(guī)律；即各種語言都是在不斷發(fā)展的，有些語言所包含的新詞匯可能現(xiàn)在會很受歡迎，以后就會被淡忘了；但是有些詞匯卻能經(jīng)受住時間的考驗，并能夠在世界各地得以普及；另外作者還重點介紹了OK能夠成為國際上表達同意的統(tǒng)一標準的原因及其被廣泛使用的情況．

解答 答案：
41．B   主旨大意題     通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了語言發(fā)展的規(guī)律，并重點分析了OK為什么能夠成為國際上表達同意的統(tǒng)一標準，即OK在世界各地的普及；故選B．
42．C   細節(jié)理解題      根據(jù)第四段中的"What OK provided that the others did not was neutrality（中性），a way to express agreement without having to offer an opinion"可知此處強調(diào)了 OK是一個具有中性意義的詞匯，它不包含任何的感情色彩；故選C．
43．D   詞義猜測題     根據(jù)第六段中的"this rather curious expression（這種非常奇特的表達）"以及"have guessed（猜想）"可知，人們并不知道OK這一詞的起源，這是一個容易引起爭議的話題；故選D．
44．A   內(nèi)容歸納題    結(jié)合上文講述了OK在非正式場合中的使用情況以及下文Obama在總統(tǒng)競選中的講話用到了OK；并根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段"But，does it sound a little too informal with this popular little expression？Apparently not．"可知，作者舉Obama的例子是為了表明：OK被廣泛運用于即使是非常正式的場合里；故選A．

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