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Though Chinese is older than English, English is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may really knows where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.

They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.

1.Hamburg is _______ .

A. a kind of food         B. a city in Germany

C. the name of a village    D. a round piece of beef.

2.According to the story, _______.

A. few Americans like hamburgers

B. hamburgers are made with ham

C. hamburgers are made with beef

D. hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago

3.According to the writer, which of the following can be found in any large English dictionary?

A. Where all the new words come from.

B. Where those Germans came from.

C.The reason why English is spoken around the world.

D.The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

4.According to the story, the word “hamburgers” comes from _______.

A. China because it has a long history

B. England because Germans don’t speak good English

C. English speakers because they always make new words.

D. The round pieces of beef those people from Hamburg brought to America.

5.From the passage, we can infer that hamburgers was first sold to the world by _______.

A.Germans    B. Americans

C. Chinese   D. we don’t know

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