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“Hello”became popular（流行的）as a greeting with the invention（发明）of the telephone.It is said that Alexander Graham Bell，the inventor（发明）of the telephone，was the first person to u"hello"in a telephone conversation.（谈话）For the first veral years that telephones were in rvice，（使用中）the opening phra（用语）in a conversation was usually，“are you there？”Perhaps this was becau it was difficult for the two parties（双方）to hear each other，and becau the phones weren't completely reliable（可靠的）.Nevertheless，“Hello”quickly become a popular greeting and also started appearing in everyday speech.Many different words have been ud over time to attract（吸引）a distant（远处的）person's attention.“Hello”has had many variations（变化，变异）throughout the history of the English language.It may have originated（起源）as a variation of the familiar"ahoy"that sailors ud to hail（招呼）ships.One early form was probably
"hallow”，sometimes called the"sailor's hail".In the sixteenth century，a common form was“deepfakes
halloo"or“hallo".Later，there were many variations，such as".Hunters（猎人）often ud the words，becau their sounds traveled well when they were shouted.The Vikings（北欧海盗）also had a war cry that was similar in sound to the words of greeting.Most calling words and greetings had an echoic（回声的）origin，becau they were meant to travel long distances across water or hills.
Multiple-Choice Questions:（选择最佳答案）
罗纳德里根1.This passage is about.
A.talking on the telephone B.ways of greeting people C.shouting messages D.spelling mistakesfetish
2.When sailors greeted another ship they shouted.最新大片推荐
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A.“Hi！”B."Hello！”C.“Ahoy！”D.“Hallow！”
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3.We can understand from this passage that.
A.Vikings had very loud voices.B.the telephone has caud many changes.brutality
C.some words in common u today were derived from（派生而来）similar words ud long ago D.Alexander Graham Bell was a great man
4.The writer examines the word“hello”by.
A.studying its Latin（拉丁）and Greek acing（追踪）is historical us as a paring it with greetings in foreign peating（比较）it over and over again
5.“Echoic”mean.
A.sounding like an echo B.pty D.sickly
答案：ACDBAwhen i look into your eyes
