题目内容：

  English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mails are in English.  Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary - perhaps as many as two million words.

However, let's face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger . Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted.  But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾) , we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don't fing , grocers don't groce , and hammers don't ham? If the plural (复数形式) of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth ? One goose, two geese - so one moose ,  two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That's why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

1.According to the passage________.

A. there should be eggs in an eggplant

B. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different

C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D. boxing rings should be round

2.What does the author use most to prove his idea?

A. Plurals.        B. Paradoxes.

C. Comparisons.   D. Synonyms.

3.The underlined words "a wise guy" in paragraph 3 probably mean "______ ".

A. somebody wise                    B. a valuable chance

C. an opposite word                 D. a stupid person

4.The last paragraph is written to show          .

A. English is important

B. a word may have several definitions

C. human beings are creative

D. why people invented English