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1、中学英语学科寒假作业中学高一英语寒假作业（一）第一部分阅读理解第一节AEtymology,thestudyofwordsandwordroots,maysoundlikethekindofthingdonebyboringlibrariansinsmall,dustyrooms.Yetetymologistsactuallyhaveauniquelyinterestingjob.Theyareinmanywaysjustlikearchaeologists(考古学家)diggingupthephysicalhistoryofpeopleande
2、vents.Thespecialaspectofetymologyisthatitdigsuphistory,sotospeak,throughthewordsandphrasesthatareleftbehind.TheEnglishlanguage,inparticular,isagreatfieldtoexplorehistorythroughwords.Asalanguage,Englishhasanextraordinarynumberofwords.Thisispartlyduetoitsabilitytoadaptforeignw
3、ordssoreadily.Forexample,“English”wordssuchaskindergarten(fromGerman),croissant(fromFrench),andcheetah(fromHindi)havebecomepartofthelanguagewithlittleornochangefromtheiroriginalsoundsandspellings.SoEnglish-languageetymologistshaveavastworldofwordstoexplore.[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]Ano
4、therenjoyablethingaboutetymologyformostwordexpertsissolvingwordmysteries(谜).No,etymologistsdonotgoaroundsolvingmurders,likethegreatdetectiveSherlockHolmes.Whatthesewordexpertssolvearemysteriousoriginsofsomeofourmostcommonwords.OneofthebiggestquestionsEnglishlanguageexpertsha
5、vepursuedishowEnglishcametohavethephraseOK.Thoughitisoneofthemostcommonlyusedexpressions,itsexactbeginningisapuzzleeventothisday.Evenitsspellingisnotentirelyconsistent--unlessyouspellitOkay,itishardeventocallitaword.EtymologistshavebeenabletonarrowOK’sorigindowntoalikely,alt
6、houghnotcertain,source(来源).ItbecamewidelyusedaroundthetimeofMartinVanBuren’srunforpresidentin1840.HisnicknamewasOldKinderhook.WhattroubleswordexpertsaboutthisexplanationisthatthephraseappearedinsomenewspapersbeforeVanBurenbecamewellknown.ItislikelythatVanBurencouldbecalledit
7、sprimarysource.Etymologistswilldoubtlesslykeepsearchingfortheoriginalsource.However,itisclearthatOK’spopularityandreputationhavetoppedthoseoftheAmericanpresidenttowhomithasbeenmostclearlylinked.1.Theauthormentionsthewordslike“croissant”inParagraph2toshow_______.A.wordshavech
8、angedalotinthetwolanguagesB.whatEnglish-languageetymologistsareexploringnow
