首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] About three hundred words in the English language come from t
[originaltext] About three hundred words in the English language come from t
游客
2024-05-05
19
管理
问题
About three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, a new word may be coined after the inventor or scientist.
It is interesting to observe how many common English words have found their way into the language from the names of people. For example, "sandwich", you may eat everyday. Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718 to 1792 used to sit at the gambling table eating slices of bread with meat in between. This kind of eating tastes delicious. As the Lord was the only one among his friends who ate bread in that way, his friends began to call him "bread-Sandwich" for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language, (29)
The word "boycott" means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. This word is another example. The word comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. But the Captain was a very harsh man. He treated his poor tenants very badly. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. (30) Eventually word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. (31) The word "boycott" became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.
29. Who coined the word "sandwich"?
30. What didn’t the tenants like?
31. What did the landowner do when he found out that the tenants were boycotting his agent?
选项
A、Lord Sandwich.
B、Some inventors.
C、The friends of Lord Sandwich.
D、Some scientists.
答案
C
解析
细节题。四个选项都是关于人物的词,由此可以推测,本题内容与人物有关。由于Lord Sandwich是他的朋友里面唯一一个那样吃面包的人,他的朋友们开始称他为“bread-Sandwich”。可见最初使用sandwich这个词的人是Lord Sandwich的朋友们,故选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3584488.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]MaryKatherineGoddardwastheonlywomanwhosignedonthe
[originaltext]MaryKatherineGoddardwastheonlywomanwhosignedonthe
[originaltext]M:Hello,CampusDaily,advertisingdepartment.ThisisMarkspea
[originaltext]M:Hello,CampusDaily,advertisingdepartment.ThisisMarkspea
[originaltext]W:Hi,Tom.M:Hi,Kate.Ihaven’tseenyouforweeks.Wherehave
[originaltext]W:Hi,Tom.M:Hi,Kate.Ihaven’tseenyouforweeks.Wherehave
[originaltext]W:Thisapartmentconsistsoftwobedrooms,alivingroomwitha
[originaltext]Peoplehavedifferentviewsonwhatchildrenshoulddoatavery
[originaltext]Peoplehavedifferentviewsonwhatchildrenshoulddoatavery
[originaltext]Peoplehavedifferentviewsonwhatchildrenshoulddoatavery
随机试题
Revisionisrethinking,buttwomisconceptionsarebynomeansuncommonamon
Wouldn’titbegreatifyoucouldjustlookupattheskyandreadtheweath
[originaltext]Asamagician,Itrytocreateimagesthatmakepeoplestopa
男,58岁,身高173cm,体重80kg,患者主诉最近3个月总有饥饿感,多食,多
某企业A、B两种产品基期和报告期的产量及价格如下表所示。则下列说法中正确的有(
男孩,12岁,持续性血尿6个月,无水肿、尿少,尿蛋白微量,红细胞满视野。肾脏B超
共用题干 GorillasHaveaWordforitKokois
某普通住宅项目的建设单位委托招标代理机构,采用公开招标的方式办理该项目的招标事宜
李某驾驶保时捷轿车不慎撞断某药厂门口的电线杆,致该厂高压线路停电,进而使得该药厂
(2018年真题)2017年12月1日,甲、乙公司签订了不可撤销合同,约定以20
最新回复
(
0
)