Question

任務型閱讀，根據短文內容，回答下列問題。
The English language is changing all the time. New words are created, like DIY, SDA and e-mail. How do words come into English? Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.
Words have also come into English in unusual ways. Words like classroom and mooncake are two short words which are put together. Also, parts of two words are put together and become a new word. For example, smog comes from smoke and fog. Some words come from longer words, like TV from television, and math from mathematics. Don’t you think all these make English an interesting language?
根據短文內容，完成下列問題。
小題1:Is the English language changing all the time?
                                                      
小題2: Are many English words borrowed from other languages?
                                                      
小題3:Which language does the English word kung fu come from?
                                                      
小題4: What does somg come from?
                                                      
小題5: What is short form television?
                                                      

Answer 1

小題1:Yes, it is.
小題2:Yes, they are.
小題3:Chinese /It comes from Chinese.
小題4:Smoke and fog /It comes from smoke and fog.
小題5:TV/TV is short from television.

小題1:根據The English language is changing all the time.可知為肯定回答。
小題2:根據Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example,可知為肯定答案。
小題3:根據From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.可知kung fu這個單詞來自中文。
小題4: 根據For example, smog comes from smoke and fog.可知smog來自smoke和fog。
小題5:根據like TV from television,可知答案為TV。
點評：本文主要介紹了英文中一些詞匯的來源問題，閱讀中注意作者舉出的具體例子。由于這篇短文比較簡單，略讀一邊短文，就可以帶著問題，再讀短文。然后找出相關語句，寫出答案。回答問題時要注意，一定要先弄清問的是什么？比如“What is short form television?這句話的意思就是，我們常說的電視這個單詞的縮寫是什么？”，答案人稱和數要與問題保持一致，個別問題可以用原文直接回答，大部分需要改變人稱�？傊�，要做好此類題型，平時還得加強積累，多做練習。