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Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating (创造) new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes no one may really know 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 didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating a round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what is was. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant. He had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.

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

1.According to the writer, English is        .

A. very difficult to learn   B. not so old as Chinese

C. as old as Chinese   D. older than Chinese

2.Hamburg is         .

A. a round piece of beef   B. a kind of food

C. a city in Germany   D. the name of a village

3.Which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?

A. Where those Germans came from.

B. Where all the new words come from.

C. The reason why a word comes from.

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

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