首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
admin
2012-08-27
50
问题
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
New words enter the English language all the time. In fact, English has always been in a state of evolution, and in recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language. But where do all these new words come from? Words come out of the culture that they represent and they describe. So, if you’ve got a new development in medicine, for example, "bird flu", then you’ll get a new word coming out of that. If there’s a military conflict that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore. Going back in time, the First and Second World Wars were times of great creativity of language because people from different countries met each other and exchanged their words and words developed from there. So, words come from the playground, they come from politics, they come from any area of life because every area of life is changing from day to day.
And does English have more words than any other language? It certainly has more than other European languages and probably more than any other language in the world. English is put together from so many different bits. Originally, it was a Germanic language and then after the Norman Conquest in 1066, there was an enormous influx of French words. And it comes from a country, the United Kingdom, which was quite an expansive, trading, colonial power in the past. And all these have bought all sorts of other new words into the language.
选项
A、world politics.
B、advances in science.
C、areas of life.
D、all the above.
答案
D
解析
本题针对新生词汇的来源提问。录音首先提到词汇来源与其描述、代表的文化,随后从医药、军事、政治方面举例说明,继而得出结论:词汇运动场、政治和生活领域,所以答案为[D]。[A]、[B]、[C]都仅指出了一个方面,故都不正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/bshK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentioned?
Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?
Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
Themosteffectiveattacksagainstglobalizationareusuallynotthoserelatedtoeconomies.Instead,theyaresocial,ethicala
Researchershaveestablishedthatwhenpeoplearementallyengaged,biochemicalchangesoccurinthebrainthatallowittoact
Theentrepreneur,accordingtoFrencheconomistJ.B.Say,"isapersonwhoshiftseconomicresourcesoutofanareaofloweran
ThesurveyfoundthatHungary______asthemostenvironment-consciouscountryofEastEurope.
ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreeinEnglishwhileknowinglittleornothingabouttraditionalscholarlymet
Thistypeofapparatuscanproducemorethan40,000blood______aday.
随机试题
磷肥中水溶性磷用水抽取,有效磷可用EDTA液抽取。()
什么是记忆?根据记忆内容与经验的对象可将记忆划分为哪些种类?
下列词语中字,读音有错误的一组是
站立时正常子宫呈________位,宫颈外口位于________。
在微机系统中,对输入输出进行管理的基本程序放在:
地方各级安全生产监督管理部门编制的部门应急预案应当由()审定。
设窗体上有1个水平滚动条,已经通过属性窗口把它的Max属性设置为1,Min属性设置为100。下面叙述中正确的是()。
下列算法中,最坏情况下时间复杂度最低的是()
用IE浏览器打开如下地址:HTTP://LOCAL-HOST:65531/ExamWeb/Index.htm,浏览有关“Linux下的主要的C语言编译器”的网页,将该页内容以文本文件的格式保存到考生目录下,文件名为“TestIe.txt”。
Doesbrainpower______aswegetolder?Scientistsnowhavesomesurprisinganswers.
最新回复
(
0
)