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Did you know that about 300 words in the English language derive from the names of people?
A great many of these words are technical words since a new invention or discovery is often named after the scientist who made the discovery. In this way we have such words as watt, ohm, diesel, dahlia, macadam, ampere, mores.
A good many everyday words, however, have also found their way into the language from the names of people. The very popular word sandwich, for example, comes from the name of Lord Sandwich (1718 – 1792). While he sat at the gambling table, he used to eat slices of meat placed between two slices of bread. His friends began to call this sort of food a sandwich because only Lord Sandwich ate it. But later on it became popular and had to have a real name. So what began as a nickname gradually became part of the common language.
Another commonly used word is to boycott, meaning to refuse to have any connection or business with. This comes from Captain Boycott, who was the agent of an English land owner in Ireland in 1880. He treated his tenants so badly that they all refused to speak to hi,. By this policy they eventually obtained his removal. Such treatment was referred to as a boycott. Soon afterwards this verb to boycott was coined. Both the noun and the verb are still widely used.
1．What’s the passage chiefly concerned with?
A．English words and names of scientists.
B．English words and names of people.
C．English words and discovery.
D．Words and famous people.
2．A sandwich was named after Lord Sandwich because .
A．he was fond of it
B．he was the only person that ate it
C．he was the manufacturer of the food
D．it became popular
3．It is suggested that Lord Sandwich .
A．was mad about gambling
B．had to eat a sandwich because he was in debt
C．invented gambling
D．coined the word of sandwich
4．The word tenant (Paragraph 4, Line 4) probably refers to a .
A．customer B．doctor
C．patient D．Person who rents a house
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