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The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. The language is always changing. We need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use,or older words are used in a new way.
English can change by borrowing words from other languages. Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from Indian. The word coffee came from Turkey,and tea came from China. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries,too.
New words are also made by adding two words together. Strawberry,popcorn,and grandfather are words made up of two parts.
Sometimes new words are shorter 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 become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape,Band-aid and Jello were names made up by the companies that first made the products.
6. The word “photo” is an example to show that ______.(C)
A. the English language is always changing very fast
B. English is not as perfect as some other languages
C. sometimes new words are shorter forms of older ones
D. English can change by borrowing words from other languages
7. The English language needs new words ______.(C)
A. to make it more beautiful
B. to make up some stories
C. for new inventions and new ideas
D. to keep up with other languages
8. This passage is mainly about ______.(D)
A. naming new words
B. borrowing words from other languages
C. the old English
D. the development of the English language
9. The passage makes you think that ______.(B)
A. all the words are borrowed from other languages
B. languages do not stay the same all the time
C. the English words have more words than other languages
D. all the older English words are used in a new way
10. Which of the following is true?(A)
A. New words in the English language come into being in different ways.
B. New English words must be longer than older ones.
C. None of the languages in the world are changing.
D. All the languages except English always stay the same.

答案： 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A