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    Cloze • One of the most interesting of all studies is • the study of words and word origins. Each • language is 71 of several earlier languages 71. A) collected B) made • and the words of a language can sometimes be C) composed D) contained • traced 72 through two or three different 72. A) to B) on • C) in D) back • languages to their 73 Again a word from 73. A) ends B) Backgrounds • one language may pass into other languages and C) bases D) origins • 74 a new meaning. The word "etiquette." 74. A) pick B) develop • C) change D) choose • which is 75 French origin and originally 75. A) of B) with • C) on D) by • Meant a label (标志), 76 a sign, passed into 76. A) with B) and • Spanish and kept its original meaning. So in C) or D) for • Spanish the word "etiquette" today is used to • 77 the small tags (标签) which a store ' 77. A) show B) design • C) hold D) indicate • 78 to a suit, a dress or a bottle. The word 78. A) lays B) attaches • C) binds D) gives • "etiquette" in French, 79 , gradually 79. A) however B) moreover • C) therefore D) furthermore

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    • 79 , gradually 79. A) however B) moreover • C) therefore D) furthermore • developed a different meaning. It 80 80. A) late B) lately • became the custom to write directions on small C) later D) latest • cards, or "etiquette", as to how visitors should • dress themselves and 81 during an 81. A) respond B) prepare • C) act D) follow • important ceremony at the royal court. 82 82. A) Thus B) Also • the word "etiquette" began to indicate a system C) Yet D) Nevertheless • of correct manners for people to follow. 83 83. A) After B) With • this meaning, the word passed into English. C) Of D) For • Consider the word "breakfast". "To fast" is • to go for some period of time without 84 84. A) sleeping B) working • C) eating D) talking •

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     Thus in the morning after many hours 85 85. A) for B) during • C) at D) on

    • the night without food, one 86 one's fast. 86. A) breaks B) continues • C) remembers D) forgets

    • Consider the everyday English 87 87. A)statement B) expression • "Good-bye". Many many years ago, people C) proverb D) conversation • would say to each 88 on parting "God be 88. A) other B) person • C) one D) member

    • with you." As this was 89 over and over 89. A) reproduced B) revised • C) reviewed D) repeated

    • millions of times, it gradually became 90 to 90. A) combined B) accepted

    • "Good-bye". C) reformed D) shortened

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    • 71. D 72. A 73. C 74. C 75. A 76. B 77. C 78. D 79. D 80.

    A

    • 81. B 82. A 83. C 84. B 85. D 86. B 87. B 88. D 89. A

    90. C

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