2015北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇汇编含答案研讨.docxVIP

2015年北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇汇编 一、北京市朝阳区2015中考一模 C Where did that number come from? Eleven and Twelve The reason behind the change in number naming is that eleven comes from the German term ainlif, which translates to “one left”. Twelve follows the same rule. It comes from twalif—“two left”. Why teen is used instead of lif for 13 through 19? There is something sadly lost in history. 911 for US Emergency (急救) Calls Early phones didn’t use phone numbers—the operator had to connect your call by hand—and this led to the need for an emergency code (信号). But later phone numbers became popular, that chan