Dictionaries are not closed books. There is s...

Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities.

Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities. New words are continually being created and added to our language. And many of today's word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words. The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L. Dodgson. In addition to working with figures, Dodgson wrote books. His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generations of readers. We know him, however, not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name, Lewis Carroll.

Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers, young and old, with Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and numerous poems. In these works, Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as "chortle" and "galumph". Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language. Carroll referred to his made-up words as "portmanteau" words, named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments. The name was well suited, because most of Carroll's words had two compartments. Rather than being entirely fabricated（虚构）, they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A "snark", for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark.

Although Carroll died long ago, his technique continues to be used today. We clearly see his influence in such words as smog, brunch, and guesstimate.

1.What does the underlined sentence probably mean according to the passage?

A. Dictionaries are open to the public.

B. Dictionaries are helpful to the public.

C. Dictionaries are ready to welcome new words.

D. The vocabularies in dictionaries are limited.

2.Dodgson's made-up words ________.

A. are based on different words

B. are borrowed from other languages

C. all come from his poems

D. are still widely used

3.This passage is mainly about ________.

A. how Dodgson wrote his works

B. how English words are created

C. how a dictionary is written

D. how Dodgson created new words

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There is plenty of food，water and sunshine，and our friends are living there，________.

A．warm and comfortable

B．warmly and comfortably

C．warm and comfortably

D．warmly and comfortable

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is said that there are plenty of hotels in that town. There _____ be any difficulty for you to find somewhere to stay.

A. wouldn’t      B. mustn’t      C. shouldn’t      D. needn’t

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are plenty of people in the UK for whom even Basic English is a problem. According to the survey, 726,000 people in England and Wales said they could not speak English well, and another 138,000 said they did not speak it at all.

Ling, 40, who arrived five years ago from China,, found it difficult to learn English. “After I came here, I was at home for the next three years. It took me longer to learn as I was very busy with my children.” Eventually she was able to begin taking classes and now speaks good conversational English. But even with classes, it can be a long process to pick up the language.

Age is the most important factor in language study, said Mila Vulchanova, professor of linguistics (语言学) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. “There is a key time in language learning, which is biologically determined. So the younger the immigrants(移民)， the better. Since this decline is only gradual, teenagers are at an advantage over adults,”he said.

There are a number of systems for grading English. The government expects immigrants to reach “ESOL Entry 3”or “B1 level” in Scotland, before they can be given citizenship. It means to be able to hold a confident conversation and it might take 360 hours of study to achieve.

George Osborne, the UK chancellor(财政大臣)，said in June that benefit claimants (申请救济金者) who don’t speak English will have their benefits cut if they fail to attend language courses. Huan Japes, deputy chief executive of English UK, a trade body for language colleges, said it needed 360 hours-----120 hours for each of three stages ---- to get to the result the government expected benefit claimants to reach.

“Using 120 hours, for each stage of English fluency(流利)，is a rather traditional way to course book learning,” said Dr Elaine Boyd, head of English language at Trinity College London. “If someone is really highly motivated, they can learn really quickly. It’s common for children under the age of 11 to be fluent in about six months.”

1.The first paragraph serves as a(n) _______.

A. introduction　　 B. discussion

C. explanation　　 D. conclusion

2.What does Mila Vulchanova mainly stress?

A. The importance of key teaching ways.

B. The necessity of working hard at English.

C. The advantages of learning English.

D. The importance of starting learning English early.

3.The UK government hopes that benefit claimants ______.

A. reach “ESOL Entry 1”.　　 B. are advanced English learners.

C. study English for about 360 hours.　　 D. get citizenship from the government first.

4.What Dr Elaine Boyd said suggested that _____.

A. 120 hours is a high level for learners.　　 B. one can learn English fast if active.

C. English fluency can be easily achieved.　　 D. children under 11 learn English hard.

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

The desks in our classroom are so close together that there is not enough room to move ________them．

A．between          B．in               C．across           D．over

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

–There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow ______?

–No, I’d rather buy ______ in the bookstore.

A. it; one　 　 B. one; one 　　 C. it; it　 　 D. one; it

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

－ There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow_______?

－ No, I'd rather buy ________ in the bookstore.

A. one; one　　 B. it; one

C. one; it　　 D. it; it

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—There is still a copy of the book in the library.Will you go and borrow ______?

—No,I’d rather buy ___ in the bookstore.

A.it;one                                    B.one;one

C.one;it                                    D.it;it

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—There is still a copy of the book in the library.Will you go and borrow ________？

—No，I’d rather buy ________ in the bookstore.

A．it；one　                         B．one；one

C．one；it　                         D．it；it

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—There is still a copy of the book in the library.Will you go and borrow_____?

—No，I’d rather buy_____in the bookstore.

A.it；one　　 B.one；one　　 C.one；it　　 D.it；it

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析