Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Oxford English Dictionary Adds New Words

In June, the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, added about 1,000 words and new definitions to its website. The changes are to help users understand a(n) 【1】 of terms, some dating back many centuries. The additions include words such as “brencheese”, “deathshildy” and “hip-pop.”

The new entries are part of the company’s update to Oed.com, its 【2】online dictionary for paid members. The OED makes changes to the website four times each year.

But the latest print version has been in 【3】 since the year 2000, and may not be ready for 10 more years. That information comes from Katherine Connor Martin, who heads the company's dictionary operations in the United States.

Usually, the OED watches 【4】of a word for at least 10 years before deciding whether to add a new entry, new definition or word related to a(n) 【5】 entry, she said. This general rule, however, is sometimes not 【6】. That is what happened with “tweet,” a word that the OED added far before the 10-year mark.

Other times, the company adds words that are very old, but were not included in the dictionary in the past, "it's funny because we talk about new words, but many of the words we add are already old. It’s just that they were never in the dictionary before,” Martin told the Associated Press.

That is the reality, she said, of a(n) 【7】dictionary trying to put more than 1,000 years of English into books that already have over 855,000 entries. So, you get “brencheese,” a rarely used term for when bread and cheese are eaten together. The word dates back to the year 1665. The word “deathshildy” is from Old English. It means someone who is 【8】 of a serious crime and sentenced to death.

The website defines the term “hip-pop” for music that has 【9】 parts of hip-hop and popular music. The OED discovered the term “hip-hip pop” was used in a 1985 story from a Pennsylvania newspaper. It 【10】 that the term “hip-pop” appeared in a 1991 U.S. newspaper report about the rap artist M.C. Hammer.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】J

【3】I

【4】K

【5】B

【6】C

【7】E

【8】D

【9】A

【10】H

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。短文介紹了《牛津英語詞典》(簡稱OED)在其網站上新增了約1000個單詞和新定義。

【1】考查名詞以及語境理解。句意：這些變化是為了幫助使用者理解一些混雜的術語，其中一些可以追溯到幾個世紀以前。a mix of……的混合，該短語是固定短語。故選G。

【2】形容詞以及語境理解。句意：這些新詞條是該公司對Oed.com網站更新的一部分。分析句子可知，空處應填形容詞修飾名詞dictionary ，Oed.com是該公司為付費會員提供的可搜索的在線詞典。故填searchable“可搜索的”。故選J。

【3】考查名詞以及語境理解。句意：但是最新的印刷版本從2000年就開始了，可能還要10年才能完成。in process在進行中，該短語是固定短語。故選I。

【4】考查名詞以及語境理解。句意：《牛津英語詞典》通常會觀察一個詞的使用情況至少10年，然后再決定是否添加一個新的詞條、新的定義或與現有詞條相關的單詞。分析句子可知，空處應填名詞，表示“詞的使用情況”，所以填situation“情況”。故選K。

【5】考查形容詞以及語境理解。句意：《牛津英語詞典》通常會觀察一個詞的使用情況至少10年，然后再決定是否添加一個新的詞條、新的定義或與現有詞條相關的單詞。分析句子可知，空處應填形容詞，文中表示“與現有詞條相關的單詞”，所以填existing“現存的”。故選B。

【6】考查動詞，語態以及語境理解。句意：然而，這一普遍規律有時卻不被遵循。由“This general rule, however”可知，規律有時卻不被遵循，所以本句為一般現在時的被動語態。所以填followed“遵循”。故選C。

【7】考查形容詞以及語境理解。句意：她說，這就是現實，一本歷史詞典試圖將1000多年的英語編入已經有85.5萬詞條的書籍中。分析句子可知，空處填形容詞，文中表示“歷史的”，所以填historical“歷史的”。故選E。

【8】考查形容詞以及語境理解。句意：它的意思是某人犯了嚴重的罪行，被判處死刑。分析句子可知，空處應填形容詞，再由“sentenced to death”，可知，空處填guilty，be guilty of“犯有某某罪行”。故選D。

【9】考查動詞，時態以及語境理解。句意：該網站將嘻哈和流行音樂結合在一起的音樂稱為“hip-pop”。分析句子可知，定語從句為現在完成時，文中表示“結合在一起”，所以填combined“結合”。故選A。

【10】考查動詞，時態以及語境理解。句意：它著重提出，“hip-pop”一詞出現在1991年美國一家報紙關于說唱歌手哈默(M.C. Hammer)的報道中。分析句子可知，本句為一般過去時，文中表示“著重提出”，所以填noted“著重提出”。故選H。