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八年级英语每周阅读训练(2016.04.25-5.1)

Theword‘OK’celebratesits177thbirthday

——Peoplecanmakeahandgesturetosay“OK”.“OK”：世界上最通用的语言。

Usually,youdon’tfindthesamewordsindifferentlanguages.Butthereisanexceptionfortheword“OK”!

ThewordOKfirstappeared(出现)intheBostonMorningPostonMarch23,1839.Itwasanabbreviation(缩写)ofthephrase“ollkorrect”,anincorrectspellingof“allcorrect”.Althoughitbeganasajoke,peoplelaterusedthephraseondocuments(文件)orthroughtelegraphs(电报)tosaythatallwaswell.

Thisyear,OKcelebratedits177thbirthday.Weusethisexpressioncountlesstimeseveryday.“Howabouttwoo’clock?OK?”“OK.”“OKthen.”ThewordOKiseasytosay,writeandunderstand.

Besides,itismoreneutral(中立的)thanmanywords.AllenMetcalf,AmericanauthorofOK:TheImprobableStoryofAmerica’sGreatestWord,toldTheTimes,“WhatOKprovidedthatotherwordsdidnotwasneutrality,awaytoexpressagreementwithouthavingtoofferanopinion.”Forexample,ifsomeoneasksyoutogoforawalkafterlunch,youcansimplyrespond,“OK”.Thereyougo–noextraopinions.

OKcanbespelledindifferentways:okayorO.K.Theyareallpronouncedthesame.But“OK”isthemostwidelyacceptedspellingandisoftenusedinwriting.Somepeople,however,likethespelling“okay”becauseitlooksmorelikeaword.

Sometimes,peoplealsosayshortformsofOKlike“K”.Forexample,someonemightsay,“I’mjustgoingtothesupermarket,butI’llbebackin10minutes.”Youcouldreplywith,“K”.

OKissousefulthatit’ssaidworldwide.Youmaynotknowthelanguageofsomeoneyou’retalkingwith,butsaying“OK”withgestures(手势)canhelpyoucommunicate.

——Choosetheanswer:

1.Theword“OK”cameintobeingwhen_____.

A.theBostonMorningPostdecidedtocreateit

B.usingabbreviationsondocumentswaspopular

C.peoplespelled“allcorrect”thew