英语周报答案2023-2024book2modules3-4

英语周报答案2023-2024book2modules3-4

British potato farmers were angry and wanted the expression “couch potato” to be taken out of the dictionary because it harmed the vegetable’s image.

The British Potato Council wants the Oxford English Dictionary to replace the expression with the term “couch slouch”, with protests being outside Parliament in London and the offices of Oxford University Press.

Kathryn Race, head of marketing at the Council, which represents some 4,000 planters and processors, said the group had complained in writing to the OED but had yet to receive a response.

“We are trying to get rid of the image that potatoes are bad for you,” she said on Monday.

“The potato has had its knocks in the past. Of course it is not the Oxford English Dictionary’s fault but we want to use another term instead of “couch potato” because potatoes are naturally healthy.”

The OED says that “couch potato” began as American slang, meaning “a person who spends his or her leisure time sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes.”

The Potato Council says its campaign is backed by dieticians (饮食学家) who say the vegetable is low in fat and high in vitamin C.

Supporting the campaign, famous cook Antony Worrall Thompson said the vegetable was one of Britain’s favorite foods.

“Not only are they healthy, they are also convenient and yummy (美味). Life without potato is like a sandwich without a filling,” he said.

John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said the dictionary first included the term “couch potato” in 1993 and said “dictionaries just reflect the words that society uses.”

Simpson said words were never taken out of the full-length dictionary, which includes some 650,000 words in 20 volumes.

But little-used words can be removed from the smaller dictionaries to make way for newer ones.

“If society stops using words then they get taken out of the smaller dictionaries,” he added.

The first known recorded use of the expression “couch potato” was in an article in Los Angeles Times, in 1979, Simpson said.

Nigel Evans, a member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, has made a motion in support of the campaign, highlighting the nutritional value of the British potato.

1.British potato farmers wanted to _________.

A．advertise their produces

B．call for a higher price for their potatoes

C．remove the expression “couch potato” from the dictionary

D．let people know how important the potato is in people’s lives

2.The farmers think that _________.

A．potatoes have had a bad image

B．Potatoes are good for people by nature

C．potatoes sometimes do harm to people

D．it’s the dictionary’s fault to use the expression “couch potato”

3.John Simpson thinks that _________.

A．the expression can be taken out of every kind of dictionary

B．dictionaries do not necessarily reflect the words the society uses

C．little-used words can remain in the smaller dictionaries

D．it is impossible for them to take the expression out of the dictionary

4.What is wrong with the expression “couch potato” according to the farmers in this passage?

A．It is connected with unfavorable meaning.

B．Potato should be used in the expression.

C．It is borrowed from America English.

D．It refers to a kind of person.

英语周报答案2023-2024book2modules3-4试题答案

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍英国的农民抗议字典中使用“couch potato”这样的词组，因为他们认为土豆本质是很好的，但是这个词组却将土豆和不好的意思联系起来了。

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考点：考查新闻报道类短文

第一节：短文改错（满分10分）

下面短文中有10处语言错误，请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in high schools. In our school, there are various kinds of activities and we enjoyed them very much. Playing football is my favorite, which do me lots of good, such as building my body and keeping me healthy. Beside, it also frees me from the heavy work of study.

Here I have some advices. To students, you’d better to choose the activities which interest you and suit you; to schools, they should organize more activities for students, leave students time for activities by giving them more homework.

Dear friends, please actively take part in after-class activities, what will not only make your school life colorfully, but also improve your learning.

英语周报答案2023-2024book2modules3-4试题答案

1.enjoyed→enjoy

2.do→does

3.will→would

4.building后加up

5.Beside→Besides

6.advices→advice

7.better去掉to

8.leave→leaving

9.more→less

10.what→which

【解析】

试题分析：

1.…we enjoyed them very much

前后语境都是过去时，此处也表示学生的日常情况，应用一般现在时。

2.…,which do me lots of good

先行词是favourite，定语从句which做主语，应用do的单数第三人称形式。

3.…,such as building∧my body and keeping me healthy

句意：……比如增强我的体质并保持我的身体健康。build up增强，故build后加up。

4.Beside, it also frees me…

Beside为介词，是在……旁边，besides而且。故Beside改为Besides。

5.Here I have some advices

advice为不可数名词，故advices改为advice。

6.you’d better to choose the activities.

had better后跟动词原形，故应去掉to。

7.…leave students time for activities

此处是前面主句造成的结果，故应用leave的现在分词形式，leave应改为leaving。

8.…giving them more homework

根据前文是增加活动，当然应减少作业，故more改为less。

9.…what will not only make…

此处前面的activities的非限制性定语从句，what不能引导定语从句，故what改为which。

10.…make your school life colorfully

此处应用形容词作make的宾语补足语，故colorfully改为colorful。

考点：考查短文纠错

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