A. discover the possible origin of words
B. help detectives to solve mysterious murders
C. write interesting stories for some newspapers
D. explore the English language as well as the recent events
【答案】A
【命题立意】考查判断推理题。
根据文章最后一段的第一句话Etymologists have been able to narrow OK’s origin down to a likely, although not certain, source和文章的第一句话Etymology, the study of words and word roots, may sound like the kind of thing done by boring librarians in small, dusty rooms可知语言学家就是发现词汇的来源。故选A。
66. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To present the history of English words
B. To explain the procedure of an etymologist's job
C. To introduce the pleasure of the study of words and word roots.
D. To teach readers how to distinguish English and non-English words
【答案】C
【命题立意】考查主旨大意题。
通读全文,并根据第二、三、四、五段可知介绍单词学习和词根的快乐。故选C。
D
It is easy to lose patience with science today. The questions are pressing: How dangerous is air pollution? What about low-level radiation? When will that horrible earthquake strike California? And why can't we predict weather better? But the evidence is often described as "uncertain", forcing scientists to base their points of view almost as much on intuition(直觉)as on science.
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