4.French writer Frantz Fanon once said:"To speak a language is to take on a world,a culture."Since the world changes every day,so does our language.
More than 300new words and phrases have recently made it into the online Oxford Dictionary,and in one way or another they are all reflections of today's changing world.
After a year that was politically unstable,it's not hard to understand the fact that people's political views are one of the main drives of our expanding vocabulary.One example is"otherize".It is a verb for"other"that means to alienate (使疏遠) people who are different from ourselves-whether that be different skin color,religious belief or sexuality."We had all the words around Brexit (脫歐) in the last update and we are now starting to see all the words around Trump coming into the dictionary,"Angus Stevenson,Oxford Dictionaries'head of content development,told The Guardian.
Lifestyle is also changing our language.For example,"fitspiration"-a compound of"fit"and"inspiration"-refers to a person or thing that encourages one to exercise and stay fit and healthy.The phrase"climate refugee"-someone who is forced to leave their home due to climate change-reflects people's concern for the environment.
But still,not all newly-invented words get the chance to make their way into a mainstream dictionary.If you want to create your own hit words,Stevenson's suggestion is that you should not only make sure that they are expressive and meaningful,but also have an attractive sound so that people will enjoy saying them out loud.
21.What's the meaning of"fitspiration"?B
A.The people who have healthy spirit.
B.Someone or something that helps people keep fit.
C.A lifestyle with fit and positive spirit.
D.The people who often do exercises to keep fit.
22.Which word reflects our care about the surroundings?A
A.climate refugee
B.otherize
C.clicktivism
D.fitspiration
23.According to Stevenson,what should you do if you want to create your own hit words?D
A.Make sure that they are expressive and meaningful as much as possible.
B.Ask for valuable advice from language experts.
C.Try to imitate the words in a mainstream dictionary.
D.Make the words meaningful with fascinating sound.
分析 本文主要講述了在社會發(fā)展的過程中,語言也在發(fā)生變化,而我們的生活方式也因語言的變化而變化了.
解答 21.B詞義猜測題.根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞"fitspiration"可知,信息源為第四段."fitspiration"…refers to a person or thing that encourages one to exercise and stay fit and healthy.可以知道.fitspiration指的是那種幫助別人鼓勵他人積極鍛煉身體保持身體健康的人或者事,結(jié)合選項,故正確答案為B.
22.A細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)題干中的"the surroundings"與"the environment"同義,則The phrase"climate refugee"-someone who is forced to leave their home due to climate change-reflects people's concern for the environment.由此可以推斷,氣候難民指的是因為氣候變化而改變了他們居住環(huán)境而不得不離家的人,結(jié)合選項,故選擇A.
23.D細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)根據(jù)題干"create your own hit words",鎖定信息源為最后一段If you want to create your own hit words,Stevenson's suggestion is that you should not only make sure that they are expressive and meaningful,but also have an attractive sound so that people will enjoy saying them out loud.如果你想創(chuàng)造屬于自己的熱搜詞匯,那么你要確定它們不僅有意義而且還得有一個吸引人的名字,那樣人們可以隨時響亮的說出來.結(jié)合選項,可以得知答案為D.
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).