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1、Alanguageneverstandsstill.Itisalwayschanginganddeveloping阅读理解答案.　　Alanguageneverstandsstill.Itisalwayschanginganddeveloping.Thesechangesarerapidinprimitive（原始的）societies,butslowinadvancedones,becausetheinventionofprintingandthespreadofeducationhavefixedatraditionalusag

2、e.TheonlyimportantchangethatEnglishhasundergone（遭受）sincethe16thcenturyisalargeincreaseinitsvocabulary.Itisinterestingtotracethedifferentwaysinwhichnewwordsareinvented.Letustakejusttwo　　Englishwordsandseehowtheyweremade:sandwichandtelevision.　　Sandwich,isnownolongeranen

3、tirelyEnglishword,butalsointernational,comesfromtheEarlofSandwich(diedin1792),whoinventedtheparticularformofquickmealsothathecouldgoongamblingallthroughthenightwithoutstoppingfordinner.Manynamesofthingsareinfactstakenfromthenameofthefirstinventors,forexample,theelectri

4、caltermsWaltandVolt.　　Televisionisoneofmanynewscientificwords　　　　whichareinventedfromoldGreekandLatinwords.“Tele”inGreek,mean“far,while“vision”comesfromtheLatinverb,meaning“tosee”.　　word“stand”inthefirstsentencemeans＿　　A.isacertainconditionB.notsits　　C.remainswithoutch

5、angeD.risestothefeet　　2.WhatdoyouthinkVoltwas?Hewas＿　　A.aplayerB.aphysicistC,awriterD.anurse　　inventionofsandwichhassomethingtodowith(与…有关)＿　　A.workB.studyC.gamblingD.journey　　languagecan’tdeveloprapidlyinadvancedsocietiesbecause＿　　A.thesocietieshavestoppedchanging　　B.

6、theprintinghasbeeninvented　　C.theeducationhasspreadD.bothBandC　　5.What’sthebesttitle?　　A.languageB.SandwichandTelevision　　C.languageisAlwaysChangingandDeveloping　　D.Englis　　　　hWords　　1C2B3C4D5C