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1、Unit2 TheOlympicGames阅读理解 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。A(2018江西质检)TheUSpresidentDonaldTrumphaspopularizedthephrase“fakenews”.ButnottoolongagothesewordsincombinationwouldhavemeantlittletoeverydayEnglishspeakers.AnatolyLiberman,aGerman,writesabouttheoriginsoftheword“fake”.Thew
2、ord,itturnsout,hasaverydarkpast.Thebestguessathow“fake”becamethemainstream,arguesLiberman,isthatitwasakindusedbythievesintheLondonunderworld.But“howitgotthere,nobodyintheworldknows,andprobablynobodywilleverknow,”hetellsQuartz.LibermanisaprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesotaandtheau
3、thorofWordOriginsandHowWeKnowThem.Hewritesthatearlyrecordsof“fake”asanEnglishadjectiveappearedaroundthemiddleofthe18thcentury.Thewordlikelycomesfromcant,orthiefjargon(行话).TheOEDmentions“fake”asaverbstartingin1819,whichbasicallymeant“todo”injargon,butalso“tokill,wound,orrob”.Anent
4、ryfromadictionarythatyearreads:“Tofakeanypersonorplace,torobthem;tofakeapersonmayalsoimplytoshoot,wound,orcut;tofakeamanoutandout,istokillhim.”LibermantracesthewordnexttoCharlesDickens,whoused“cly-faker”,where“cly”meanspocket,inOliverTwist.Thisishowhebelievestheknowledgeof“fake”a
5、sawordthatmeanstosteal,spread.EventuallyitbecameacommonplaceEnglishword.1.Theunderlinedword“fake”inParagraph1probablymeans . A.lyingB.trueC.commonD.interesting2.WhatcanwelearnaboutAnatolyLiberman?A.Heisskilledinsomeforeignlanguages.B.HeisinterestedinalltheEngl
6、ishwords.C.HelivedinEnglandforalongtime.D.HelikeswritingarticlesinEnglishverymuch.83.Whatismainlydiscussedinthispassage?A.ThehistoryofEnglishwords.B.SomestoriesaboutEnglishwords.C.TheimportanceoftheEnglishword“fake”.D.TheoriginsofanEnglishword.4.Whatcanweinferfromthispassage?A.We
7、mustfocusonthewordsofDonaldTrump.B.WeshouldstudyEnglishwordsverycarefully.C.“Fake”likelycomesfromwordsusedbyaclassofpeople.D.AnatolyLibermanlikestotracethecommonplaceEnglishwords.答案[语篇解读] 美国总统特朗普使得“假新闻”这个词成为流行词。文章探讨了“fake”这个词的起源。它曾是伦敦底层社会里小偷之间的行话,意为“做”“杀死”“偷”等。1.A 词义猜测题。美国总统特朗普使得
8、“假新闻”一词成为流行词。由此可知,fake的意思应为“假的”,故选A项。2.A
