Question

【題目】"Fall" and"Autumn"

What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". But if you go to the US, you will find that people use“autumn" or“fall".

According to Dictionary .com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops (莊稼) would become ripe (成熟) and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest" .

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it“the fall of the leaf", or“fall" for short.

But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word "autompne" and the Latin "autumnus" came to England. "Fall" as the word for this season disappeared slowly.

At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words“fall" and“autumn" with them. That's why today's Americans have two names for one season.

Title: “Fall” and “Autumn”
The names of the season in October	People in the UK call it “autumn”.
	People in the US call it【1】 “autumn”【2】 “fall”.
【3】of the names for this season	In the UK	In Old English	It got the name "harvest" because it was time for farmers to 【4】.
		In the 1600s	"The fall of the leaf" or “fall”【5】"harvest".
		At the end of the 1600s	"Autumn" appeared in England. It 【6】 _French and Latin.
	In the US	At the end of the 1600s	People in the UK started to travel to North America and brought these two words there.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】either

【2】or

【3】origins

【4】harvest

【5】means

【6】comes from

【解析】

問行介紹的是“Fall” 和“Autumn”兩個詞的來源。

【1】根據(jù)文中But if you go to the US, you will find that people use “autumn” or “fall”.如果你去美國，你將發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們使用“autumn”或者“fall”。由此可知，美國人兩個詞都在用，要么會說“autumn”，要么會說“fall”，是兩者中的一個，英語可以用短語either … or來表示，故答案為either。

【2】根據(jù)文中But if you go to the US, you will find that people use “autumn” or “fall”.如果你去美國，你將發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們使用“autumn”或者“fall”。由此可知，美國人兩個詞都在用，要么會說“autumn”，要么會說“fall”，是兩者中的一個，英語可以用短語either … or來表示，故答案為or。

【3】根據(jù)文中At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words “fall” and “autumn” with them. That’s why today’s Americans have two names for one season. 此同時，英國人第一次去北美旅行。他們帶來了“秋天”和“秋天”兩個詞。這就是為什么今天的美國人一個季節(jié)有兩個名字�？芍�，這是名字的發(fā)展歷史，英語中“歷史”是history，由對應的表格內容可知，這里應該用單詞本身，故答案為History。

【4】根據(jù)文中During this season, crops (莊稼) would become ripe (成熟) and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called “harvest”在這個季節(jié)里，作物會成熟，農(nóng)民會有大豐收。所以在古英語中，這個季節(jié)被簡單地稱為“收獲”�？芍�，在古英語中，被稱為“收獲”是因為農(nóng)民在這個季節(jié)里會有大豐收，故答案為have a big harvest。.

【5】根據(jù)文中With fewer people farming, the word “harvest” became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it “the fall of the leaf”, or “fall” for short. 隨著農(nóng)業(yè)人口的減少，“收獲”這個詞變得不那么有用了。說英語的人需要一個不同的季節(jié)名稱。他們知道樹葉是在這個季節(jié)從樹上掉下來的，所以人們開始把它叫做“落葉”，或者簡稱為“秋天”�？芍�，“fall”代替了之前的“harvest”，英語中“代替”是take the place of，而動作發(fā)生在過去，所以應該用過去時，故答案為took the place of。

【6】根據(jù)文中But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word “autompne” and the Latin “autumnus” came to England. 但是在17世紀末，秋天，從法語中的“autompne”和拉丁語中的“autumnus”來到了英國�？芍�，“autumn”這里詞來自French and Latin，而句子動作發(fā)生在過去，所以應該用過去時，故答案為came from。