5．Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？
In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？
In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？
Let's face it：English is a crazy language．There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger．Sweet-meats are candy，while sweetbreads，which aren't sweet，are meat．
We take English for granted．But when we explore its paradoxes （矛盾），we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them．
And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers don't fing，grocers don't groce，and hammers don't ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth，shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth？One goose，two geese-so one moose，two meese？
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites？How can overlook and oversee be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？
English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings．That's why，when stars are out， ； but when the lights are out，they are invisible．And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it； but when I wind up this essay，I end it．
76．What's the main idea of the passage？（no more than 8words）
English is a crazy language
77．Complete the following statement with proper words．（ no more than 5words）．
When someone says you will have a fat chance to win the game，it means that there will
be a slim chancefor you to beat your opponent．
78．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（no more than 4words）
they are visible
79．What can we probably realize if we explore the paradoxes of English？（ no more than 10words）
we shouldn't take english for granted．
80．What does the underlined word"them"probably refer to？（no more than 3words）
public bathrooms．
分析 全文通過一系列的問題說明英語是一門瘋狂的語言，并簡單介紹了其特點．
解答 76．English is a crazy language 主旨大意．通過全文的介紹可知，主要講英語是一門瘋狂的語言．
77．be a slim chance 所給句子 have a fat chance 意思有一線生機．
78．they are visible 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)when stars are out， ； but when the lights are out，they are invisible這句可以看出，當燈亮，可以看見，當燈熄滅，他們就看不見．
79．we shouldn't take english for granted．信息概括題．在文章中We take English for granted．But when we explore its paradoxes．．這句話得出．如果我們研究英語的矛盾的話，就不應該把英語想當然．
80．public bathrooms 猜測詞意題．根據(jù)前句public bathrooms have no baths in…可知此處them指代公共浴室．
點評 要求學生在閱讀理解的基礎上，根據(jù)短文后的題目，在文中找到相關的內容，并用簡潔、準確的句子，將理解的內容，書面表達出來．做題時，注意表達的內容不要超出規(guī)定的字數(shù)．
