首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
admin
2012-08-27
76
问题
According to the passage, new words tend to come from
New words enter the English language all the time. In fact, English has always been in a state of evolution, and in recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language. But where do all these new words come from? Words come out of the culture that they represent and they describe. So, if you’ve got a new development in medicine, for example, "bird flu", then you’ll get a new word coming out of that. If there’s a military conflict that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore. Going back in time, the First and Second World Wars were times of great creativity of language because people from different countries met each other and exchanged their words and words developed from there. So, words come from the playground, they come from politics, they come from any area of life because every area of life is changing from day to day.
And does English have more words than any other language? It certainly has more than other European languages and probably more than any other language in the world. English is put together from so many different bits. Originally, it was a Germanic language and then after the Norman Conquest in 1066, there was an enormous influx of French words. And it comes from a country, the United Kingdom, which was quite an expansive, trading, colonial power in the past. And all these have bought all sorts of other new words into the language.
选项
A、world politics.
B、advances in science.
C、areas of life.
D、all the above.
答案
D
解析
本题针对新生词汇的来源提问。录音首先提到词汇来源与其描述、代表的文化,随后从医药、军事、政治方面举例说明,继而得出结论:词汇运动场、政治和生活领域,所以答案为[D]。[A]、[B]、[C]都仅指出了一个方面,故都不正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/bshK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhoenjoysthemostpopularityinthepeopleofSouthAfrica?
Lacking______sensibilitybecauseofuniqueupbringing,Monicadoesnotcareaboutrightandwrong.
Themosteffectiveattacksagainstglobalizationareusuallynotthoserelatedtoeconomies.Instead,theyaresocial,ethicala
Accordingtothenews,whichcountycontributestothelargestpartofgasemissionatpresent?
Howmanypeoplehavebeenkilledandhowmanyinjuredintheattack?
Thefastpaceofmodemsocietyhelpspeoplerealizethepreciousnessoftime.Soitisveryimportantforthemtokeeppunctual
WriteonANSWERSHEETTWOanoteofabout50~60wordsbasedonthefollowingsituation:Youwanttobuyane-dictionary.Bi
Researchershaveestablishedthatwhenpeoplearementallyengaged,biochemicalchangesoccurinthebrainthatallowittoact
ThesurveyfoundthatHungary______asthemostenvironment-consciouscountryofEastEurope.
Theevolutionofsexratiohasproduced,inmostplantsandanimalswithseparatesexes,approximatelyequalnumbersofmalesan
随机试题
风寒表证兼项背强痛者,首选药物是
对眼膏剂论述错误的是
下列不属于项目法人分包管理职责的是()。
申请参加会计从业资格考试的人员,应当符合下列()基本条件。
南瓜:茄子
(1)在考生文件夹下有一个工程文件sjt3.vbp,相应的窗体文件为sjt.frm。其功能是随机产生30个0~1000的整数,放入一个数组中,然后输出其中的最小值。程序运行后,单击命令按钮(名称为Command1,标题为“输出最小值”),即可求出其最小值,
RequirementsforAllEmployees1.Withintenminutesofarrival,beinuniformandatyourworkstation.Breaksshouldnotbe
实物交割的方式包括()。
Whenthissemesterisover,__________(我就能抽空读这部小说了).
TheMinistryofEducationistoupgradeteachingmethodsand【B1】______incollegesanduniversitiesthroughoutthecountry.Thea
最新回复
(
0
)