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Text 1 I remember clearly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in theseventh grade, and I had tried out for the junior high school basketball team.I walked into the gym; there was a piece of paper on the wall. It was ,a cut list. The boys whose names were on the list were welcometo keep on coming to practices. The boys whose names were not on the list hadbeen cut; their presence ( 出席 ) was no longer desired． Ihad not known the cut was coming that day．I stood andstared at the list．The list had not been made with agreat deal of consideration；the names of the very bestplayers were at the top，and the other members of theteam were listed in what appeared to be a descending(下降)orderof basketball skills．I kept looking at the bottom ofthe list，hoping against hope that my name would appearif I looked hard enough． Iheld myself together as l walked out，but when Igot home I began to cry．For the first time in my life．I had been told officially that l wasn’t good enough．Sports meant everything to boys that age；ifyou were on the team，it put you in the desirable group．If you were not，you might as well not bealive． Allthese years later，I remember it as if l were still standingright there in the gym．I don’tknow how the mind worksin matters like this；I don’t know what went on in myhead following that day of cut．But I know that mydetermination has been so strong ever since then；I knowthat for all of my life since that day．I have done morework than I had to be doin9，put in more hours than Ihad to be spending．I don’t know if all of that camefrom a determination never to allow my’self to be cui again--never to allowsomeone to tell me that I’m not good enough again--but I know it’s there．And clearly it’s there in a lot of other successful men too Why do youthink the author acted so strongly about the cut（） A: It forced him to change the team． B: It listed his name at the bottom． C: It was open to the public． D: It hurt his pride．
Text 1 I remember clearly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in theseventh grade, and I had tried out for the junior high school basketball team.I walked into the gym; there was a piece of paper on the wall. It was ,a cut list. The boys whose names were on the list were welcometo keep on coming to practices. The boys whose names were not on the list hadbeen cut; their presence ( 出席 ) was no longer desired． Ihad not known the cut was coming that day．I stood andstared at the list．The list had not been made with agreat deal of consideration；the names of the very bestplayers were at the top，and the other members of theteam were listed in what appeared to be a descending(下降)orderof basketball skills．I kept looking at the bottom ofthe list，hoping against hope that my name would appearif I looked hard enough． Iheld myself together as l walked out，but when Igot home I began to cry．For the first time in my life．I had been told officially that l wasn’t good enough．Sports meant everything to boys that age；ifyou were on the team，it put you in the desirable group．If you were not，you might as well not bealive． Allthese years later，I remember it as if l were still standingright there in the gym．I don’tknow how the mind worksin matters like this；I don’t know what went on in myhead following that day of cut．But I know that mydetermination has been so strong ever since then；I knowthat for all of my life since that day．I have done morework than I had to be doin9，put in more hours than Ihad to be spending．I don’t know if all of that camefrom a determination never to allow my’self to be cui again--never to allowsomeone to tell me that I’m not good enough again--but I know it’s there．And clearly it’s there in a lot of other successful men too Why do youthink the author acted so strongly about the cut（） A: It forced him to change the team． B: It listed his name at the bottom． C: It was open to the public． D: It hurt his pride．
As everyone knows, words constantly take on new meanings. Since these donot necessarily, nor even usually, take the place of the old ones, we shouldpicture this process as the analogy of a tree throwing out new branches whichthemselves throw out subordinate branches. The new branches sometimesovershadow and kill the old one but no means always. We shall again and againfind the earliest senses of a word flourishing for centuries despite a vastovergrowth of later senses which might be expected to kill them. When a word has several meanings, historical circumstances often make oneof them dominant during a particular period. Thus “station” is now more likelyto mean a railway-station than anything else; “speculation”more likely to bear its financial sense than any other. Untilthis century “plane” had as its dominant meaning “a flat surface” or “acarpenter’s tool to make a surface smooth”, but the meaning “an aeroplane” is dominant now. The dominant sense of a word lies uppermost in our minds. Whenever we meet the word, our natural impulse is to give it that sense. We areoften deceived. In an old author the word may mean something different. One of my aims is to make the reading of old books easyas far as certain words are concerned. If we read an old poem with insufficientregard for the change of the dictionary meanings of words we won’t be able tounderstand the poem the old author intended. And to avoid this, knowledge isnecessary. We see good words or good senses of words losing theiredge or more rarely getting a new edge that serves some different purpose. “Verbicide”(滥用词语者）, themurder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is the commonest: those whotaught us to say “awfully” for “very”, tremendous” for “great”, and “unthinkable”for “undesirable” were verbicides. I should be glad if I sentany reader away with a sense of responsibility to the language. It isunnecessary to think we can do nothing about it. Our conversation will havelittle effect, but if we get into print --- perhaps especially if we areleader-writers or reporters --- we can help to strengthen or weaken somedisastrous word, can encourage a good and resist a bad Americanism. For manythings the press prints today will be taken up by a great mass of people in afew years. 1. In the first paragraph the author believes (_______). A. only old words take on new meanings B. a tree throws out new branches as the words pick up new meanings C. words obtain new meanings from time to time D. it is possible for the old words to lose their old senses 2. By mentioning the tree throwing out new branches, the author hopes to (_______). A. stress the natural phenomena B. picture the process of growth of new branches C. explain what the analogy is D. illustrate his view in a clearer way 3. We are often cheated by some words because(_______). A. their dominant meanings have not been determined B. sometimes they mean something different from their dominant meanings C. our natural impulse makes a mistake D. the dominant sense of a word is not accurate in our minds 4. In the author’s view, if someone taught us to say “awfully” for “very” (_______). A. we were advised not to accept it B. we were getting a new edge for a different purpose C. we saw an example of a good word being misused D. we saw a word serving for a different purpose 5. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that (_______). A. we can do nothing about it unless we get into print B. we should take responsibility to the language if necessary C. ourconversation has little effect on the situation because we haven’t got intoprint D. agreat mass of people will accept what the press prints so that we can encouragethe good and resist the bad
As everyone knows, words constantly take on new meanings. Since these donot necessarily, nor even usually, take the place of the old ones, we shouldpicture this process as the analogy of a tree throwing out new branches whichthemselves throw out subordinate branches. The new branches sometimesovershadow and kill the old one but no means always. We shall again and againfind the earliest senses of a word flourishing for centuries despite a vastovergrowth of later senses which might be expected to kill them. When a word has several meanings, historical circumstances often make oneof them dominant during a particular period. Thus “station” is now more likelyto mean a railway-station than anything else; “speculation”more likely to bear its financial sense than any other. Untilthis century “plane” had as its dominant meaning “a flat surface” or “acarpenter’s tool to make a surface smooth”, but the meaning “an aeroplane” is dominant now. The dominant sense of a word lies uppermost in our minds. Whenever we meet the word, our natural impulse is to give it that sense. We areoften deceived. In an old author the word may mean something different. One of my aims is to make the reading of old books easyas far as certain words are concerned. If we read an old poem with insufficientregard for the change of the dictionary meanings of words we won’t be able tounderstand the poem the old author intended. And to avoid this, knowledge isnecessary. We see good words or good senses of words losing theiredge or more rarely getting a new edge that serves some different purpose. “Verbicide”(滥用词语者）, themurder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is the commonest: those whotaught us to say “awfully” for “very”, tremendous” for “great”, and “unthinkable”for “undesirable” were verbicides. I should be glad if I sentany reader away with a sense of responsibility to the language. It isunnecessary to think we can do nothing about it. Our conversation will havelittle effect, but if we get into print --- perhaps especially if we areleader-writers or reporters --- we can help to strengthen or weaken somedisastrous word, can encourage a good and resist a bad Americanism. For manythings the press prints today will be taken up by a great mass of people in afew years. 1. In the first paragraph the author believes (_______). A. only old words take on new meanings B. a tree throws out new branches as the words pick up new meanings C. words obtain new meanings from time to time D. it is possible for the old words to lose their old senses 2. By mentioning the tree throwing out new branches, the author hopes to (_______). A. stress the natural phenomena B. picture the process of growth of new branches C. explain what the analogy is D. illustrate his view in a clearer way 3. We are often cheated by some words because(_______). A. their dominant meanings have not been determined B. sometimes they mean something different from their dominant meanings C. our natural impulse makes a mistake D. the dominant sense of a word is not accurate in our minds 4. In the author’s view, if someone taught us to say “awfully” for “very” (_______). A. we were advised not to accept it B. we were getting a new edge for a different purpose C. we saw an example of a good word being misused D. we saw a word serving for a different purpose 5. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that (_______). A. we can do nothing about it unless we get into print B. we should take responsibility to the language if necessary C. ourconversation has little effect on the situation because we haven’t got intoprint D. agreat mass of people will accept what the press prints so that we can encouragethe good and resist the bad
As everyone knows, words constantly take on new meanings. Since these donot necessarily, nor even usually, take the place of the old ones, we shouldpicture this process as the analogy of a tree throwing out new branches whichthemselves throw out subordinate branches. The new branches sometimesovershadow and kill the old one but no means always. We shall again and againfind the earliest senses of a word flourishing for centuries despite a vastovergrowth of later senses which might be expected to kill them. When a word has several meanings, historical circumstances often make oneof them dominant during a particular period. Thus “station” is now more likelyto mean a railway-station than anything else; “speculation”more likely to bear its financial sense than any other. Untilthis century “plane” had as its dominant meaning “a flat surface” or “acarpenter’s tool to make a surface smooth”, but the meaning “an aeroplane” is dominant now. The dominant sense of a word lies uppermost in our minds. Whenever we meet the word, our natural impulse is to give it that sense. We areoften deceived. In an old author the word may mean something different. One of my aims is to make the reading of old books easyas far as certain words are concerned. If we read an old poem with insufficientregard for the change of the dictionary meanings of words we won’t be able tounderstand the poem the old author intended. And to avoid this, knowledge isnecessary. We see good words or good senses of words losing theiredge or more rarely getting a new edge that serves some different purpose. “Verbicide”(滥用词语者）, themurder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is the commonest: those whotaught us to say “awfully” for “very”, tremendous” for “great”, and “unthinkable”for “undesirable” were verbicides. I should be glad if I sentany reader away with a sense of responsibility to the language. It isunnecessary to think we can do nothing about it. Our conversation will havelittle effect, but if we get into print --- perhaps especially if we areleader-writers or reporters --- we can help to strengthen or weaken somedisastrous word, can encourage a good and resist a bad Americanism. For manythings the press prints today will be taken up by a great mass of people in afew years. 1. In the first paragraph the author believes (_______). A. only old words take on new meanings B. a tree throws out new branches as the words pick up new meanings C. words obtain new meanings from time to time D. it is possible for the old words to lose their old senses 2. By mentioning the tree throwing out new branches, the author hopes to (_______). A. stress the natural phenomena B. picture the process of growth of new branches C. explain what the analogy is D. illustrate his view in a clearer way 3. We are often cheated by some words because(_______). A. their dominant meanings have not been determined B. sometimes they mean something different from their dominant meanings C. our natural impulse makes a mistake D. the dominant sense of a word is not accurate in our minds 4. In the author’s view, if someone taught us to say “awfully” for “very” (_______). A. we were advised not to accept it B. we were getting a new edge for a different purpose C. we saw an example of a good word being misused D. we saw a word serving for a different purpose 5. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that (_______). A. we can do nothing about it unless we get into print B. we should take responsibility to the language if necessary C. ourconversation has little effect on the situation because we haven’t got intoprint D. agreat mass of people will accept what the press prints so that we can encouragethe good and resist the bad
As everyone knows, words constantly take on new meanings. Since these donot necessarily, nor even usually, take the place of the old ones, we shouldpicture this process as the analogy of a tree throwing out new branches whichthemselves throw out subordinate branches. The new branches sometimesovershadow and kill the old one but no means always. We shall again and againfind the earliest senses of a word flourishing for centuries despite a vastovergrowth of later senses which might be expected to kill them. When a word has several meanings, historical circumstances often make oneof them dominant during a particular period. Thus “station” is now more likelyto mean a railway-station than anything else; “speculation”more likely to bear its financial sense than any other. Untilthis century “plane” had as its dominant meaning “a flat surface” or “acarpenter’s tool to make a surface smooth”, but the meaning “an aeroplane” is dominant now. The dominant sense of a word lies uppermost in our minds. Whenever we meet the word, our natural impulse is to give it that sense. We areoften deceived. In an old author the word may mean something different. One of my aims is to make the reading of old books easyas far as certain words are concerned. If we read an old poem with insufficientregard for the change of the dictionary meanings of words we won’t be able tounderstand the poem the old author intended. And to avoid this, knowledge isnecessary. We see good words or good senses of words losing theiredge or more rarely getting a new edge that serves some different purpose. “Verbicide”(滥用词语者）, themurder of a word, happens in many ways. Inflation is the commonest: those whotaught us to say “awfully” for “very”, tremendous” for “great”, and “unthinkable”for “undesirable” were verbicides. I should be glad if I sentany reader away with a sense of responsibility to the language. It isunnecessary to think we can do nothing about it. Our conversation will havelittle effect, but if we get into print --- perhaps especially if we areleader-writers or reporters --- we can help to strengthen or weaken somedisastrous word, can encourage a good and resist a bad Americanism. For manythings the press prints today will be taken up by a great mass of people in afew years. 1. In the first paragraph the author believes (_______). A. only old words take on new meanings B. a tree throws out new branches as the words pick up new meanings C. words obtain new meanings from time to time D. it is possible for the old words to lose their old senses 2. By mentioning the tree throwing out new branches, the author hopes to (_______). A. stress the natural phenomena B. picture the process of growth of new branches C. explain what the analogy is D. illustrate his view in a clearer way 3. We are often cheated by some words because(_______). A. their dominant meanings have not been determined B. sometimes they mean something different from their dominant meanings C. our natural impulse makes a mistake D. the dominant sense of a word is not accurate in our minds 4. In the author’s view, if someone taught us to say “awfully” for “very” (_______). A. we were advised not to accept it B. we were getting a new edge for a different purpose C. we saw an example of a good word being misused D. we saw a word serving for a different purpose 5. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that (_______). A. we can do nothing about it unless we get into print B. we should take responsibility to the language if necessary C. ourconversation has little effect on the situation because we haven’t got intoprint D. agreat mass of people will accept what the press prints so that we can encouragethe good and resist the bad