陕西高二英语阅读理解专项训练.docxVIP

阅读理解 English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human be-ings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in Eng-lish. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words. However, 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 (探讨它的