PASSAGE
( TIER-1, 16.03.2010)
Every profession or
trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function
of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in
ordinary English and partly secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such
special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind.
Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art,
they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for
it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of
these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary,
yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than
actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however,
differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and
handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied
great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An
average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law,
medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
1. Special
words used in technical discussion
(1)
May become part of common speech
(2)
Never last long
(3)
Should resemble mathematical formula
(4)
Should be confined to scientific
fields
2. The
writer of this article is
(1)
a scientist
(2)
a politician
(3)
a linguist
(4)
a businessman
3. This
passage is primarily concerned with
(1)
Various occupations and professions
(2)
Technical terminology
(3)
Scientific undertakings
(4)
A new language
4. It
is true that
(1)
Various professions and occupations
often interchange words
(2)
There is always a non-technical word
that may be substituted for the technical word.
(3)
The average man often uses in his own
vocabulary what was once technical language not meant for him.
(4)
Everyone is interested in scientific
findings.
5. In
recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms
in the nomenclature of
(1)
Farming
(2)
Fishing
(3)
Sports
(4)
Government
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ANSWERS
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3 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 3 (5)
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