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  3. A.badly B.be coined after C.refuse to D.from 1782 to 1792 A.He treated his poor tenants very【T13】______ B.who lived【T14】__

A.badly B.be coined after C.refuse to D.from 1782 to 1792 A.He treated his poor tenants very【T13】______ B.who lived【T14】__

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问题 A.badly  B.be coined after   C.refuse to    D.from 1782 to 1792
A.He treated his poor tenants very【T13】______
B.who lived【T14】______
C.means to【T15】______have anything to do with somebody or something
D.a new word may【T16】______the inventor or scientist
    About three hundred words in the English language come form the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery,【T17】_______It is interesting to observe how many common English words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich【T18】______used to sit at the gambling table eating slices of bread in that way, so his friends began to call the bread "sandwich" for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language. The word "boycott"【T19】______It comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. But the captain was a very harsh man.【T20】______His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word "boycott" became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.
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答案A
解析 空格前中的句子中harsh的意思是“严厉的”，与A选项(他对自己的佃户非常不好)进行语义上的呼应，故本题选A。
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