Question

【題目】 Do you know that some words in English were taken from Chinese? They are most often from Cantonese, the language used by people from Guangdong Province.

Word 1: typhoon

In English, a typhoon is a very powerful storm that happens around the China Sea. According to the Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories, the first typhoons reported in the English language were in India and were called “touffons” or “tufans”. They meant great storm or flood.

Later, when English ships met violent wind and rain in the China Sea, Englishmen learned the Cantonese word “tai-fung”, which means “great wind”. The modern form of the word “typhoon” was spelled in another way to make it like an English word.

Word 2: ketchup

Most Americans would have a hard time believing that ketchup was not created right here in the USA.

Ketchup is America’s most popular sauce. But the story of ketchup began more than 500 years ago in South-east Asia. The word “ketchup” probably came from a Chinese word “ke-tsiap”. The word first met the English language in the late 17th century, when a British person in Indonesia found this sauce. Back in England, “ketchup” once included many types of sauces. Later, English people brought ketchup with them to the USA and put tomatoes in it until the mid-19th century.

【1】The underlined word “violent” in Paragraph 4 means “ ”.

A.softB.strongC.quietD.noisy

【2】According to the passage, the word “ketchup” .

A.once meant many kinds of sauces

B.was created right here in the USA

C.had tomatoes in it when it was created

D.first met the English language in the late 19th century

【3】The purpose of writing the article is to .

A.describe how terrible the wind from the China Sea is

B.introduce some English words which are from Chinese

C.sell a book called Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories

D.explain Cantonese, the language used by people from Guangdong Province

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章以“typhoon”和“ketchup”這兩個單詞的起源為例，告訴我們許多英語單詞來源于漢語，其中大多數(shù)由來自中國廣東方言——粵語。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第4段中“Englishmen learned the Cantonese word ‘tai-fung’, which means ‘great wind’.”可知“violent wind”意為“大風(fēng)，勁風(fēng)”，violent的意思應(yīng)該與strong相近。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“‘ketchup’ once included many types of sauces”可知番茄醬曾經(jīng)包括許多種醬，A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第6段“Most Americans would have a hard time believing that ketchup was not created right here in the USA.”可知“ketchup”并不是在美國造出來的，B項(xiàng)錯誤；根據(jù)最后一段“put tomatoes in it until the mid-19th century”可知最初造詞的時候醬里沒有番茄，C項(xiàng)錯誤；根據(jù)最后一段“The word first met the English language in the late 17th century”可知這個詞最初遇見英語語言是在17世紀(jì)晚期，D項(xiàng)錯誤。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。題目問寫這篇文章的目的，根據(jù)文中小標(biāo)題“Word 1: typhoon”、“Word 2: ketchup”可知文章主要是為了介紹一些來自中國的英語單詞。故選B。