Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.

The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America's best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韋氏大詞典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the world wide web.

New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster's team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. "They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language," said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.

Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man's lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize ― the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.

The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user's activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza (禽流感) came from the world of science.

America's first dictionary ― Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ― was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those "new" words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.

 

68. The mouse potato refers to_______.

A. a mouse that lives by potatoes

B. a person who spends much time on the computer

C. a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer

D. a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes

69. Which group of words and phrases is not the fresh words for the dictionary of this year?

A. mouse potatoes, google, drama queen.

B. himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize.

C. ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza.

D. couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize.

70. Which of the following statements is not true according to the text?

A. New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time.

B. New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere.

C. Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary.

D. The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it.

71. The text is mainly about that _____.

A. 100 fresh words are added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

B. English words change their meaning with the time passing by

C. English language is becoming more and more difficult to learn

D. the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary will leave out some old words and introduce some new ones.

68. B 推斷題。由文章首句“Mouse potato（網(wǎng)蟲）跟couch potato（電視蟲）走到一起”可知。由couch potatoes的定義“坐在沙發(fā)上花大量時間看電視的人”推測mouse potatoes的可能意義是“花大量時間玩鼠標(biāo)的人”，即經(jīng)常玩電腦的人。

69. D 細(xì)節(jié)題。本文列出了許多在各個領(lǐng)域出現(xiàn)并編入《韋氏大詞典》中的新單詞。第一段提到Mouse potato，couch potato，google，drama queen (過分情緒化的人) ，這些詞語終于從通俗文化行列轉(zhuǎn)入英語主流語言。第二段中提到himbo（徒有外表卻無內(nèi)涵的男人）被收入其中。互聯(lián)網(wǎng)搜索引擎Google也首次作為動詞入選詞典，第四、五段提到今年入選詞典的新詞還有soul patch（男人下唇上長的一小撮胡子）、unibrow（左右眉毛長在一起）和supersize（超大型快餐）。技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的新詞有ringtone（手機(jī)鈴音）和spyware（安裝在電腦上用于監(jiān)視用戶活動的間諜軟件）；科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的新詞則包括biodiesel（生物柴油）和avian influenza（禽流感）。而D組單詞是早已收集過的。

70. D 判斷題。文章第二段第一句只提到“100個新詞被收入2006年新版的美國暢銷詞典《韋氏大詞典》中”。并不是因?yàn)樵黾恿?00個新詞而成為最暢銷的詞典。而A、B、C三項(xiàng)都能從文章中找出或推斷出。

71. A 主旨題。短文一、二、四、五段介紹了一些新詞入選今年新版詞典，第三段著重談到了詞典的編委是如何搜集這些新詞的。由此可知全文的中心是：熱門新詞入選最新《韋氏大詞典》

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Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America’s best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韋氏大詞典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the worldwide web.
New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster’s team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. “They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language,” said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize － the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user’s activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza(禽流感) came from the world of science.
America’s first dictionary － Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language － was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those “new” words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.
【小題1】The mouse potato refers to ____________.

A．a(chǎn) mouse that lives by potatoes
B．a(chǎn) person who spends much time on the computer
C．a(chǎn) mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer
D．a(chǎn) person who likes to eat mice and potatoes
【小題2】Which group of words and phrases is NOT the fresh words for the dictionary of this   year?  
A．mouse potatoes, google, supersize， drama queen.
B．himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize.
C．ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza.
D．couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize.
【小題3】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A．New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time.
B．New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere.
C．Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary.
D．The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it.

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Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America’s best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韋氏大詞典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the worldwide web.
New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster’s team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. “They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language,” said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize - the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user’s activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza(禽流感) came from the world of science.
America’s first dictionary - Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language - was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those “new” words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.

  1. 1.

    The mouse potato refers to ____________.

    1. A.
      a mouse that lives by potatoes
    2. B.
      a person who spends much time on the computer
    3. C.
      a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer
    4. D.
      a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes
  2. 2.

    Which group of words and phrases is NOT the fresh words for the dictionary of this   year?  

    1. A.
      mouse potatoes, google, supersize， drama queen.
    2. B.
      himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize.
    3. C.
      ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza.
    4. D.
      couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

    1. A.
      New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time.
    2. B.
      New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere.
    3. C.
      Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary.
    4. D.
      The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it.

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Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit on while watching television.

Robert Armstrong, an artist from California, developed the term “couch potato” in 1976. Several years later, he listed the term as a trademark with the United States government. Mr Armstrong also helped write a funny book about life as a full­time television watcher. It is called the Official Couch Potato Handbook.

Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just as mouse potatoes enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device that moves the pointer, or cursor on a computer screen. The description of mouse potato became popular in 1993. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.

Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone to get cabin fever. A cabin is a simple house usually built far away from the city. People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.

Cabin fever is not really a disease. However, people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play. So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed.

Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called nesting or cocooning. Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too.

The terms cocooning and nesting became popular more than twenty years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children.

Now these children are grown­up and have left the nest. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away.Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nests. They have become empty nesters.

16．Which of the following was first used?

A．Couch potato.  B．Cocooning.

C．Mouse potato.  D．Nesting.

17．________refers to a person who spends much time on computer.

A．A couch potato  B．A nester

C．A mouse potato  D．An empty nester

18．Why can most people easily get cabin fever in winter?

A．Because they are addicted to computer games.

B．Because they would like to play outside.

C．Because it is so cold that they couldn't go outside.

D．Because they are too busy at work or school.

19．What's the passage mainly about?

A．How to get rid of cabin fever.

B．How people become nesters or empty nesters.

C．How to spend your leisure time.

D．The origin of some words.

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     Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google
officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when
they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
    The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America's best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Dictionary《韋氏大詞典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for
the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the worldwide web. 
    New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen
each year by Merriam-Webster's team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and
even food labels. "They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language," said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
    Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under
a man's lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize － the fast food industry
phrase for extra large meals.
    The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware
(software installed in a computer to track a user's activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian
influenza(禽流感) came from the world of science.
America's first dictionary-Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language －was
published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those
"new" words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.
1. The mouse potato refers to ____________.
A. a mouse that lives by potatoes
B. a person who spends much time on the computer
C. a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer
D. a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes
2. Which group of words and phrases is NOT the fresh words for the dictionary of this   year?  
A. mouse potatoes, google, drama queen.
B. himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize.
C. ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza.
D. couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A. New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time.
B. New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in  
     written English somewhere.
C. Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary.
D. The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words
      are added to it.

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