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run a dishwasher C. prove what drinking glass is best for us D. suggest what we do to save water at home 11. The text is mainly about _________________. A. how human activity affects our water supply B. how much we depend on water to live C. why droughts occur more in dry climates D. why paving roads reduces our water D Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often ab le to know where most words e from. Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word es from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers(漢堡包 ) 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 o f beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We e from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. 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. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary. 12. Hamburg is_____________. A. a kind of food B. a round piece of beef C. the name of a village D. a city in Germany 13. According to the story, ________________. A. few Americans like hamburgers B. hamburgers are only made with beef C. hamburgers are made with ham D. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago 14. According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary? A. Where all the new words e from B. Where those Germans came from C. The reason why a word has a certain meaning [來(lái)源 :Zx x k .Co m] D. The reason why English is spoken around the world 15. According to the story, the word “hamburger” es from_________________. A. China because it has a long history B. England because Germans don’t speak good English C. the round pieces of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating D. English speakers because they always create new words 第二節(jié)(共 5 小題;每小題 1 分,滿分 5 分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余項(xiàng)。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。請(qǐng)你給他回信,內(nèi)容如下: 1. 向 Jenny 表示問(wèn)候和安慰(你的同學(xué)和你面臨同樣的問(wèn)題,所以不必過(guò)于擔(dān)心); 2. 針對(duì)他的問(wèn)題提出以下建議: ⑴ 放學(xué)后邀請(qǐng)同學(xué)一起參加活動(dòng),這有助于你們互相更好地了解; ⑵ 你的同學(xué)遇到麻煩時(shí),你去幫助他們 。 注意: 100 左右; ,不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。 刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。 Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 21 she had never, in her thirtyfive years of driving, been punished 22 a driving offence (犯規(guī) ,犯法 ). Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car 24 her, and the policemen in it saw her 25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26