新课标2025版高考英语一轮复习Module3Unit1Theworldofoursenses题型组.docxVIP

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题型组合训练四（A）

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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。

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TheUSpresidentDonaldTrumphaspopularizedthephrase“fakenews”.ButnottoolongagothesewordsincombinationwouldhavemeantlittletoeverydayEnglishspeakers.

AnatolyLiberman,aGerman,writesabouttheoriginsoftheword“fake”.Theword,itturnsout,hasaverydarkpast.Thebestguessathow“fake”becamethemainstream,arguesLiberman,isthatitwasakindusedbythievesintheLondonunderworld.But“howitgotthere,nobodyintheworldknows,andprobablynobodywilleverknow,”hetellsQuartz.

LibermanisaprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesotaandtheauthorofWordOriginsandHowWeKnowThem.Hewritesthatearlyrecordsof“fake”asanEnglishadjectiveappearedaroundthemiddleofthe18thcentury.Thewordlikelycomesfromcant,orthiefjargon(行话).

TheOEDmentions“fake”asaverbstartingin1819,whichbasicallymeant“todo”injargon,butalso“tokill,wound,orrob”.Anentryfromadictionarythatyearreads:

“Tofakeanypersonorplace,torobthem;tofakeapersonmayalsoimplytoshoot,wound,orcut;tofakeamanoutandout,istokillhim.”

LibermantracesthewordnexttoCharlesDickens,whoused“cly-faker”,where“cly”meanspocket,inOliverTwist.Thisishowhebelievestheknowledgeof“fake”asawordthatmeanstosteal,spread.EventuallyitbecameacommonplaceEnglishword.

1.Theunderlinedword“fake”inParagraph1probablymeans.?

A.lying B.true Cmon D.interesting

2.WhatcanwelearnaboutAnatolyLiberman?

A.Heisskilledinsomeforeignlanguages.

B.HeisinterestedinalltheEnglishwords.

C.HelivedinEnglandforalongtime.

D.HelikeswritingarticlesinEnglishverymuch.

3.Whatismainlydiscussedinthispassage?

A.ThehistoryofEnglishwords.

B.SomestoriesaboutEnglishwords.

C.TheimportanceoftheEnglishword“fake”.

D.TheoriginsofanEnglishword.

4.Whatcanwe