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"unfriend". Is that true? In fact, "unfriend" is often used on social networking (社交的) websites. It has
become so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2009 word of the year.
If you are a member of a social networking website such as QQ, My Space or Face book, you can
add a new friend be sending someone a friend request (请求). If you later fall out with that person, what
can you do? You can hit the "unfriend" button (操作框) and remove him or her from your friend list. That
means you won"t talk, exchange information, or see each other"s updates on the website any more.
Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to
year. They chose words that are popular and have important culture meanings.
Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford"s dictionary program, said the word "unfriend" is popular now and
may stay popular for a long time. People understand its meaning in the online social networking context, and
also "accept" it as a modern verb. So it makes an interesting choice for the Word of the year.
How to use the word? You can say "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Face book after we had a
fight" or "I unfriend Alice on My Space when she does something bad to me".
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
B. send a person a friend request
C. send messages to a person
D. share information with a person
B. 迷恋
C. 与某人交友
D. 爱上某人
B. it has important culture meaning
C. it is a good way to solve problems between friends
D. it is understood and accepted by many people
B. you can unfriend someone you don"t like on the social networking website
C. how to use the word "unfriend"
D. why the word "unfriend" became the most popular word in 2009
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on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning 2 they are used together? The definition (定义) of
homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.
Now think for a minute 3 SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA,
would the definition 4 SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 5 . Seasick
means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are 6 , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, 7 you want to be is at sea.
Have you ever 8 a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn"t mean that something is wrong with a
person"s heart. People are heartsick when they are 9 deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.
And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and 10 . Perhaps you may write definitions
for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.
| ( )1. A. word ( )2. A. how ( )3. A. for ( )4. A. get ( )5. A. right ( )6. A. homesick ( )7. A. the first place ( )8. A. thought over ( )9. A. hurt ( )10. A. hobby | B. phrase B. why B. from B. fit B. wrong B. heartsick B. the last place B. thought out B. hit B. height | C. sentence C. when C. about C. read C. same C. seasick C. the only place C. heard from C. loved C. heaven | D. passage D. where D. like D. have D. different D. carsick D. the safe place D. heard of D. moved D. handbag | ||||||||||||||
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| Almost everyone knows about the Chupa Chups, the lollipop＊. And people often talk about its interesting advertisements. Do you know, however, it was invented more than half a century ago by a man called Bernat? In the early 1950s, Bernat worked for an apple jam＊ factory. After he came up with the idea of making lollipops, the people who offered money to the company left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and named it Chupa Chups. He built the machines and sold candy on a wooden stick for one peseta＊ each. Bernat got the idea of a "candy with a stick" from a mother who complained a lot as her child got dirty hands when eating candy. Bernat felt that at that time, candy was not designed with the main customers- children-in mind. Later, shopkeepers were told to put the lollipops near the cash register＊ where children could reach easily, instead of behind it. The Chupa Chups company was a success. In five years, Bernat"s lollipops were being sold at 300,000 to other countries. When they were first created, the lollipop sticks were made of wood, but then they were changed to plastic sticks because there was too little wood in Spain. After the end of the Francisco Franco dictatorship＊ (1939-1975), the company went international. In the 1970s the colorful lollipops appeared in Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Australia. In the 1980s it went to the European and North American markets, and in the 1990s to most Asian countries. In China they were made by Tatagum in Panyu, near Guangzhou. As of 2003, 4 billion lollipops a year were sold to 150 countries. The company has 2000 workers, makes 90% of its sales abroad, and has a turnover＊ of €500,000,000. In 1991, Bernat"s son Xavier took over the "Chupa Chups" and made his father enjoy the rest of his life. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Who was the lollipop invented by? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. Bernat. B. Xavier. C. Some kids. D. A mother. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. What does the underlined phrase take over in the first and fifth paragraphs mean? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. 毁坏 B. 接管 C. 背叛 D. 收拾 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. Why does the writer use so many numbers in paragraph 4? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. Because the writer likes Chupa Chups very much. B. Because the writer wants to tell us that he has been to many countries. C. Because the writer wants to show that the Chupa Chups company was a success. D. Because the writer wants to tell us people all over the world know about Chupa Chups. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. What"s the best title for this article? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. Kids Love Chupa Chups B. A Clever Man Called Bernat C. How The Lollipop Was Invented D. The History Of Chupa Chups | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos (标识). Here"re logos for China"s seven important traditional festivals.
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