Lesson 2 English Is a Crazy Language

　　1. English muffins weren’t invented in England _______ French fries in France.

　　A. while B. not C. either D. nor

　　2. Sweetmeats are candies ______ sweetbread, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

　　A. what B. as C. which D. while

　　3. We take English for _______.

　　A. ground B. great C. granted D. grant

　　4. But if we explore its ________, we find that quicksand can work slowly.

　　A. parade B. paraphrases C. paragraphs D. Paradoxes

　　5. Did you make ______ to Tom for his loss?

　　A. mend B. mind C. amends D. amend

　　6. You can _______ through the annals of history.

　　A. combine B. comb C. tomb D. combat

　　7. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of _____________of them, what do you call it?

　　A. one but all B. all only one C. all but one D. all besides one

　　8. Sometimes I think all the English speakers should ___________ to an asylum for verbally insane.

　　A. be permitted B. be omitted C. vomited D. be committed

　　9. How can the _________ be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?

　　A. climate B. whether C weather D. climb

　　10. You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language _________ your house can burn up as it burns down.

　　A. what B. about which C. of which D. in which

　　11. My alarm clock _________ at 6 every morning.

　　A. goes on B. goes off C. gets up D. gets out

　　答案：1D 2D 3C 4 D 5 C 6 B 7C 8D 9C 10 D 11B