【Theword"hello"isperhapsusedmoreoftenthananyotherwordintheEnglishlanguage.EverybodyintheUnitedStatesusesthiswordagainandagaineverydayandeverywhere.Youpickupthephoneandthefirstwordyouhearis"Hello!"Youmeetafri】

Theword"hello"isperhapsusedmoreoftenthananyotherwordintheEnglishlanguage.Everybody

intheUnitedStatesusesthiswordagainandagaineverydayandeverywhere.Youpickupthephoneandthefirstwordyouhearis"Hello!"Youmeetafriendinthestreetandthefirstwordyousayis"Hello!"

Wheredidthewordcomefrom?TheAmericaninventor(发明家),ThomasEdison,wasthefirstpersontouse"hello"inthelate18thcenturysoonaftertheinventionofthetelephone.

Atfirstpeoplegreetedeachotheronthephonewith"Areyouthere?"Theywerenotsurethenewthingcouldreallycarryvoices.ButTomasEdisonneverwastedtime.Thefirsttimehepickedupthephone,hedidnotaskifanyonewasin.Hewassuresomeonewasthere,andhesimplysaid"Hello!"Fromthenon,theword"hello"becomewidelyusedinAmerican.

()1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theword"hello"isseldomusedintheEnglishLanguage.

B.Atfirstpeoplegreetedeachotheronthephonewith"Hi!"

C.ThomasEdisonisanAmericaninventor.

D.ThomasEdisonwasthefirstpersontouse"hello"intheearly18thcentury.

()2.Thispassagetellsus________.

A.astoryofThomasEdisonB.thehistoryoftelephone

C.itispolitetosay"Hello!"D.how"Hello!"becamewidelyused

()3.Edisonsaid"Hello!"because________.

A.hewassurehewasspeakingtotheperson

B.hebelievedsomeonewaslisteningtohim

C.hewantedtosavetimeanddidn'tasksomanyquestions

D.hedidn'tknowthewords"Areyouthere?"

()4.Theword"greeted"isclosestinmeaningto________.

A.welcomedB.metC.keptD.understood

()5.Theword"simply"means________.

A.oftenB.easilyC.alwaysD.only