About three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people.

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 words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718～1792 used to sit at the gambling（赌博）table eating slices（片）of bread with meat in between. As the Lord was the only one among his friends who ate bread in that way, his friends began to call the bread “sandwich” for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language.

The word“boycott”means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. It comes from a man called Captain Boycott. He was a land agent（代理人）in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually（终于）word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word “boycott” became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.

(1)Lord Sandwich was fond of ________.

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A．eating bread all the timeB．sitting with his friendsC．playing games with wordsD．eating bread with meat

(2)The tenants did not like ________.

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A．to collect rents and taxesB．the harsh land agentC．the English landownerD．to speak

(3)When the landowner found out that the tenants were boycotting his land agent, he ________.

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A．dismissed the Captain

B．praised the Captain and made the word“boycott”popular

C．removed the poor tenants

D．increased the rents and taxes

(4)The writer mainly tells us ________.

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A．two interesting stories

B．how to use the two words

C．Lord Sandwich and Captain Boycott

D．something about the origin of words

试题答案

答案：D;B;A;D