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浙江省金华市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 第二部分 阅读理解 第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D），选出最佳选项 A Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities. New words are continually being created and added to our language. And many of today’s word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words. The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L.Dodgson. In addition to working with figures, Dodgson wrote books. His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generartions of readers. We know him, however, not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers, young and old, with Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and numerous poems. In these works, Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as “chortle”and “galumph”. Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language. Carroll referred to his made-up words as “portmanteau” words, named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments. The name was well suited, because most of Carroll’s words had two compartments. Rather than being entirely fabricated(虚构), they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A “snark”, for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark. Although Carroll died long ago, his technique continues to be used today. We clearly see his influence in such words as smog, brunch, and guesstimate. 21.What does the underlined sentence probably mean according to the passage? Dictionaries are open to the public. Dictionaries are helpful to the public. Dictionaries are ready to welcome new words. The vocabularies in dictionaries are limited. 22.Dodgson’s made-up words__________. are based on different words Are borrowed from other languages All come from his poems Are still widely used 23.This passage is main