七、阅读与回答问题
"Fall" and "autumn"
What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's autumn. But if you go to the US, you will find that people use the word "fall" more often.
According to an online dictionary, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was first created to describe this season. During this season, crops become ripe (成熟的) and farmers have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest".
Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They saw leaves fall from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaves", or "fall" for short.
At the end of the 1600s, the word "autumn", from the French word automne and the Latin autumnus, came to English. "Fall" as the word for this season was used less.
At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trip to North America. They brought the words "fall" and "autumn" there. That's why today Americans have two names for one season.
61. What do most people call the season in October in the UK according to the passage?
62. Why did people call autumn "harvest" in Old English?
63. When did "harvest" become less useful?
64. What word was used to name the season after "harvest"?
65. What's the passage mainly about?
"Fall" and "autumn"
What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's autumn. But if you go to the US, you will find that people use the word "fall" more often.
According to an online dictionary, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was first created to describe this season. During this season, crops become ripe (成熟的) and farmers have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest".
Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They saw leaves fall from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaves", or "fall" for short.
At the end of the 1600s, the word "autumn", from the French word automne and the Latin autumnus, came to English. "Fall" as the word for this season was used less.
At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trip to North America. They brought the words "fall" and "autumn" there. That's why today Americans have two names for one season.
61. What do most people call the season in October in the UK according to the passage?
Autumn
62. Why did people call autumn "harvest" in Old English?
Because during this season crops become ripe and farmers have a big harvest
63. When did "harvest" become less useful?
In the 1600s
64. What word was used to name the season after "harvest"?
Fall
65. What's the passage mainly about?
The history of the names of autumn/fall
答案：61. Autumn. 62. Because during this season crops become ripe and farmers have a big harvest. 63. In the 1600s. 64. Fall. 65. The history of the names of autumn/fall.