5．Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？
In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？
In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？
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 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， ； 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．
76．What's the main idea of the passage？（no more than 8words）
English is a crazy language
77．Complete the following statement with proper words．（ no more than 5words）．
When someone says you will have a fat chance to win the game，it means that there will
be a slim chancefor you to beat your opponent．
78．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（no more than 4words）
they are visible
79．What can we probably realize if we explore the paradoxes of English？（ no more than 10words）
we shouldn't take english for granted．
80．What does the underlined word"them"probably refer to？（no more than 3words）
public bathrooms．
分析 全文通过一系列的问题说明英语是一门疯狂的语言，并简单介绍了其特点．
解答 76．English is a crazy language 主旨大意．通过全文的介绍可知，主要讲英语是一门疯狂的语言．
77．be a slim chance 所给句子 have a fat chance 意思有一线生机．
78．they are visible 细节题．根据when stars are out， ； but when the lights are out，they are invisible这句可以看出，当灯亮，可以看见，当灯熄灭，他们就看不见．
79．we shouldn't take english for granted．信息概括题．在文章中We take English for granted．But when we explore its paradoxes．．这句话得出．如果我们研究英语的矛盾的话，就不应该把英语想当然．
80．public bathrooms 猜测词意题．根据前句public bathrooms have no baths in…可知此处them指代公共浴室．
点评 要求学生在阅读理解的基础上，根据短文后的题目，在文中找到相关的内容，并用简洁、准确的句子，将理解的内容，书面表达出来．做题时，注意表达的内容不要超出规定的字数．
