【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we39。re doing. I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said I39。ll pencil it in my diary, and my friend said You can ink it in, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one! Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we39。d fax it immediately. Then along came , and we were soon all ing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily s. Email reminds me, of course, of my puter and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my puter I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I39。ll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don39。t bookmark。 I favorite—ing from favorite pages, so the verb es from an adjective not a noun. Now my children bought me a mobile phone, known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message for them on their phone. Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven39。t heard that verb yet, but I39。m sure I will soon. Perhaps I39。ll start using it myself!（1）I39。ll pencil it in my diary in the second paragraph probably means . was a firm arrangement prefers a pencil to a pen arrangement should be written as a diary was an uncertain arrangement（2）A website address can be easily found if it has been______. （3）Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet? （4）The best title for this passage is____. and Language. of the English language Technology and New words Verbs from Nouns【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，通過多個(gè)例子告訴我們很多名詞都已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)換成了動(dòng)詞。說明詞匯是并不斷的在變化。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!”用鉛筆寫意為著不是最終的決定，只是臨時(shí)的決定，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“I favorite—ing from ‘favorite pages’, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.”我把這些網(wǎng)站設(shè)置成我最喜歡的網(wǎng)站，通過這種方法可以讓我很快就找到這些網(wǎng)站。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“and we were soon all ing each other madly. ”；第四段中的“I favorite—ing from ‘favorite pages’, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.”；以及最后一段中的“I can message someone”, 說明ACD都可以作為動(dòng)詞，只有B項(xiàng)文章沒有提及可以作為動(dòng)詞，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。本文通過多個(gè)例子告訴我們很多名詞都已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)換成了動(dòng)詞，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Guess what former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and United States president Donald Trump39。s granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, have in mon? They both study Chinese as a second language. Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn, a lot of people from different backgrounds are studying it with hopes of big benefits. Nov 2 saw more than 120 people, ing from 105 countries, pete in the finals of the 12th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students. Held in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the finals was mainly made up of speech contests and talent shows. The contestants also visited the Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes and other historical sites in Henan. While reasons for learning Chinese were different, a mon one was interest in the country39。s rich culture and rapid development. Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros, developed a strong emotional connection with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago. This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute. Fascinated by Chinese culture, the petitor has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China. My dream is to study medicine in China so that I could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did, she said. For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the HungarianChinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may secure him a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China. After graduation from high school, I would like to further my studies in China, he said. Robert Davis, director of the Chineselanguage program in Chicago39。s public school system, may give you a hint. Chinese isn39。t the new French. It39。s the new English, which is widely used all over the world. he told CGTN.（1）Why are Mark Zuckerberg and Arabella Kushner mentioned in paragraph one? show Chinese is popular. introduce them to the readers. tell the readers they love China. stress the importance of learning Chinese.（2）The underlined word Fascinated in paragraph 6 can be replaced by ______. （3）What is the mon reason for the petitors to learn Chinese? 39。s easy to learn. want to bee a doctor. hope for a good job after graduation. have interest in Chinese culture and rapid development.（4）What is Robert Davis39。 attitude to learning Chinese? ....【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了漢語(yǔ)變得越來越受歡迎這一現(xiàn)象。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“They both study Chinese as a second language.”以及上文可知，前澳大利亞的首相Kevin Rudd, 臉譜 CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 川普的孫女 Arabella Kushner,是為了突出他們都在學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，從而表明漢語(yǔ)很流行，所以選A。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第六段中的“Fascinated by Chinese culture, the petitor has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China.”可知是由于被中國(guó)文化吸引，參賽者參加各種有關(guān)中醫(yī)以及民間藝術(shù)的活動(dòng)，所以fascinated表示吸引，故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段“While reasons for learning Chinese were different, a mon one was interest in the country39。s rich culture and rapid development.” 可知這些參賽者們學(xué)習(xí)漢語(yǔ)的共同原因是他們對(duì)中國(guó)文化和發(fā)展感興趣，所以選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Chinese isn39。t the new French. It39。s the new English, which is widely used all over the world.” 可知他認(rèn)為漢語(yǔ)將會(huì)像英語(yǔ)一樣在全世界廣泛應(yīng)用，所以他對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)漢語(yǔ)的態(tài)度是支持的，所以選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。