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【会英语的进来看看,高一英语阅读题AboutthreehundredwordsintheEnglishlanguagecomefromthenamesofpeople.Manyofthesewordsaretechnicalwords.Whenthereisanewinventionofdiscovery,anewwordmaybecoinedaftertheinvent】
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AboutthreehundredwordsintheEnglishlanguagecomefromthenamesofpeople.Manyofthesewordsaretechnicalwords.Whenthereisanewinventionofdiscovery,anewwordmaybecoinedaftertheinventororscientist.

ItisinterestingtoobservehowmanycommonEnglishwordshavefoundtheirwayintothelanguagefromthenamesofpeople.Forexample,"sandwich",youmayeateveryday.LordSandwichwholivedfrom1718to1792usedtositatthegamblingtableeatingslicesofbreadwithmeatinbetween.Thiskindofeatingtastesdelicious.(29)AstheLordwastheonlyoneamonghisfriendswhoatebreadinthatway,hisfriendsbegantocallthe"bread-Sandwich"forfun.LateronthewordbecamepartoftheEnglishlanguage.

Theword"boycott"meanstorefusetohaveanythingtodowithsomebodyorsomething.Thiswordisanotherexample.ThewordcomesfromamancalledCaptainBoycott.Hewasalandagentin1880andhecollectedrentsandtaxesforanEnglishlandownerinIreland.(30)ButtheCaptainwasaveryharshman.Hetreatedhispoortenantsverybadly.Histenantsdecidednottospeaktohimatall.(31)EventuallywordgotbacktothelandownerandtheCaptainwasremoved.Theword"boycott"becamepopularandwasusedbyeveryonetomeanthekindoftreatmentthatwasreceivedbyCaptainBoycott.

1.What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.TheOriginofWords

B.Howtheword"Sandwich"CameintoUse

C.Howtheword"Boycott"CameintoUse

D.HowSomeWordsareInvented

冷晓冰回答:
  D根据第一段的内容,可知本文讲的是一些词的由来
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