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wo parts. Sometimes new words are sh orter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. “Smog” was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words “smoke” and “fog”. The names of people and products can bee new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named “Sandwich”. 6. The English language needs new words ________. A. to make it more beautiful B. to make up some stories C. to keep up with other languages D. for new inventions and new ideas 7. The passage makes you think that ________. A. all the new words are borrowed from other languages B. languages do not stay the same all the time C. the English language has more words than other languages D. all older words are used in a new way 8. On the whole, the passage is about ________. A. borrowing words from other languages B. naming new products C. the development of the English language D. the old English 9. The word “coffee” is an example to show that ________. A. the English language is always changing very fast B. English can change by borrowing words from other languages C. English is not as perfect as some other languages D. sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words 10. Which of the following is true? A. New words in the English language e into being in different ways. B. New English words must be longer than the older ones. C. All the languages except English always stay the same. D. None of the languages in the world are changing. ( C ) Today, rollerskating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of rollerskating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin(小提琴 ) in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried differen