任务型阅读。阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格。（请填写关键信息） A spoken language is like a person: it g
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and phrases, usually through borrowing. Just as someone borrows a pencil from a classmate in order to
finish work, languages borrow words from other languages in order to fill what is called a "word gap". A
word gap happens when a language has no term, synonym, or easy translation for an object or activity.
One way a language finds something to fill a word gap is to borrow a word from another language. Unlike
a person, language never really returns words to their starting place. Instead, the words remain and become
part of the borrowing language. We see this borrowing course at work in English in different ways and for
different reasons.
English, like any other language, will probably continue to borrow words from other languages as long
as it continues to change — in other words, for as long as people continue to speak.
| A spoken language changes | 1. _______ new words and phrases. | |||||||
| In order to fill a "word gap" | languages 2. ________ from other languages. | |||||||
| Unlike a person | the words become 3. ________ the borrowing language. | |||||||
| English | continues to change 4. __________ people speak. | |||||||
| 1. by adding 2. borrow words 3. part of 4. as long as | ||||||||
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| 150 Years of Cool Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world. Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person. Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool. People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single- colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors. Jeans now can be seen everywhere. However, in many places, it"s not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it"s often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice. | ||||||||
| 1. The story is talking about ______. | ||||||||
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| A. Levi Strauss B. young people C. cool D. jeans | ||||||||
| 2. Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans ______. | ||||||||
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| Potato Chips History: Potatoes came from South America. We know that the people of Peru were eating potatoes as long as 2,000 years ago. Potatoes were not widely grown in Europe (欧洲) until the early 19th century. Production: The first chip factory in Britain was opened in the early 1900s by Frank Smith. For about 50 years, Smith"s Chips were the only ones that you could buy. Potatoes are cut, cooked in vegetable oil (油), dried and packed. It takes only 12 minutes to turn a potato into a bag of chips. Chips are the most popular snack (零食) in the UK. Around 8,500 million bags are sold every year. Each person eats 3.5 kg every year. Making potato chips in South America Potatoes are grown in the mountains of South America. This is how the village people make their own potato chips. A. At harvest (收获) time, the villagers dig up the potatoes and bring them into the village. The potatoes are put on the ground in the middle of the village. B. The villagers walk all over the potatoes and flatten (弄平) them. They do this every day and keep on doing so for five days. C. While they are out in the open, the potatoes are dried in the sun and in the cold night air, the potatoes are left on the ground. D. After five days, the chips are ready and are put into strong bags. The potato chips are kept in the food store until winter. After reading the steps above in making potato chips, please match them to the pictures below. | ||||||||
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| 根据短文内容选择正确答案。 | ||||||||
| Mexico (墨西哥) is a land of variety. It has different climates (气侯). Some areas (地区) are hot, some cold, some are very dry or very wet. There are different kinds of people. Just as in the United States, the oldest inhabitants are Indians. There are also Europeans (欧洲人), especially (特别) Spanish, and mixtures (混和) of these groups. The people do not all speak the same language. Spanish is spoken by most Mexicans, but there are also many Indian languages. Some people can also speak English. Great differences are found between the modern cities and the countryside. New ideas and ways of living are popular in the cities while the old ways of farming and village life are still common in the countryside. More and more people come to live and work in the cities every year. | ||||||||
| 1. Which of the following stands for the main idea of this short passage? | ||||||||
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| A. Different Climates in Mexico. B. Modern Cities and the Countryside in Mexico. C. Variety in Mexico. D. Different Kinds of People and Many Languages in Mexico. | ||||||||
| 2. Choose the same order as they are in the short passage. | ||||||||
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| A. Different Climates, Different Kinds of People, Many Languages and Modern Cities and the Countryside. B. Different Kinds of People, Modern Cities and the Countryside, Different Climates, Many Languages. C. Variety in Mexico, Many Languages, Different Kinds of People, Modern Cities and the Countryside and Different Climates. D. Variety in Mexico, Different Climates, Different Kinds of People, Many Languages, and Modern Cities and the Countryside. | ||||||||
| 3. "Variety" in the short passage means . | ||||||||
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| A. very complex activity (复杂活动) B. very colorful life C. quality (质量、特性) of not being the same D. of rich of everyday life | ||||||||
| 4. "Inhabitant" in the short passage means . | ||||||||
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| A. people living in a place B. people working in a place C. people having good habits (习惯) D. men and women living and working in a place | ||||||||
| 5. Mexico is . | ||||||||
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| A. to the north of the USA B. to the south of the USA C. in Africa D. in Europe | ||||||||
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