高中英語閱讀理解練習(xí)100篇 English

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Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating(創(chuàng)造) new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes , however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers(漢堡包) are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef(牛肉), they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, "We come from Hamburg." One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called "hamburgers". Today "hamburgers" are sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting. too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.

1. According to the writer, English is_____________.
A. as old as Chinese B. older than German
C. not so old as Chinese D. very difficult to learn

2. Hamburg is __________.
A. a kind of food B. a round piece of beef
C. the name of a village D. a city in Germany

3. According to the story, __________.
A. few Americans like hamburgers B. hamburgers are made with beef
C. hamburgers are made with ham D. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago

4. According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?
A. Where all the new words come from
B. Where those Germans came from
C. The reason why a word has a certain meaning
D. The reason why English is spoken around the world

5. According to the story, the word "hamburger" comes from __________.
A. China because it has a long history
B. England because Germans don’t speak good English
C. the round pieces of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating
D. English speakers because they always create new words

參考譯文

雖然英語不是像中文一樣古老，但世界各地每天都有許多人說它。說英語的人總是在創(chuàng)造新單詞，我們往往能夠知道大多數(shù)的詞是從哪兒來的。

然而，可能沒有人真正知道一個詞從哪里來。你曾經(jīng)想過為什么漢堡被稱為漢堡，尤其是當(dāng)他們不是火腿漢堡時？大約一百年前，一些人從歐洲來到美國。他們來自一個在德國被稱為漢堡的大城市。他們英語不好，但他們吃美食。當(dāng)一些美國人看到他們吃的牛肉圓塊時，他們就問德國人這是什么。德國人不懂這個問題，就回答說，“我們來自漢堡。”其中的一個美國人擁有一家餐廳，于是有了一個主意。他喜歡那些來自漢堡的人們所吃的牛肉片。之后他把兩片面包夾在牛肉片之間出售。這種面包于是就被被稱為“漢堡包”。今天的“漢堡包”仍在世界上許多國家出售。

不管這個故事是不是真的，它肯定是有趣的。而知道一些詞的特定意義也是有趣的。因此，對于大多數(shù)英語單詞來說，我們都可以在英語大字典中發(fā)現(xiàn)。