Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word photo was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. Plane was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. Smog was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words smoke and fog.
The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named Sandwich.
6. The English language needs new words ________.
A. to make it more beautiful B. to make up some stories
C. to keep up with other languages D. for new inventions and new ideas
7. The passage makes you think that ________.
A. all the new words are borrowed from other languages
B. languages do not stay the same all the time
C. the English language has more words than other languages
D. all older words are used in a new way
8. On the whole, the passage is about ________.
A. borrowing words from other languages
B. naming new products
C. the development of the English language
D. the old English
9. The word coffee is an example to show that ________.
A. the English language is always changing very fast
B. English can change by borrowing words from other languages
C. English is not as perfect as some other languages
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