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【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，将正确的答案填写在答题卷对应的题号上。
The English language is a result of the invasions of the island of Britain over many hundreds of years. The invaders lived along the northern coast of Europe.
【1】 The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel. Later two more groups crossed to Britain. They were the Saxons and the Jutes. Through many years, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes mixed their different languages. The result is what is called Anglo-Saxon or old English.
The next great invasion of Britain came from the far north beginning about l,100 years ago. People called Vikings came to the coastal areas of Britain. 【2】 Words like "sky" , "leg" , "skull" , "egg" , "lift" and "take" are from the old languages of the far northern countries.
The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago, in 1066. 【3】William the Conqueror led it.
The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France. They became the new rulers of Britain. These new rulers spoke only French for several hundred years. It was the most important language in the world at that time. 【4】 But the common people of Britain still spoke old English.
Old English took many words from the Norman French. Some of these include "damage", "prison" and "marriage". The French language used by the Norman rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken by 800 years ago. 【5】 Middle English sounds like modern English. But it is very difficult to understand now. The history of the English language continues as Middle English becomes Modern English, which is spoken today.
A. History experts call this invasion the Norman Conquest.
B. It was the language of educated people.
C. English became what language experts call Middle English.
D. Therefore most common people speak the language.
E. Few people spoke Middle English at that time.
F. Many English words used today come from these ancient Vikings.
G. The first invasions were by a people called Angles about l,500 years ago.
【答案】
【1】G
【2】F
【3】A
【4】B
【5】C
【解析】
试题分析：文章主要介绍了英语的起源和发展历史
【1】G根据下一句话提到The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel盎格鲁人是穿过英吉利海峡的德国部落人，故选G第一批入侵者是盎格鲁人。
【2】F 根据上文提到People called Vikings came to the coastal areas of Britain叫做海盗来自英国的海岸区域，故选F今天所用的许多语言来自海盗。
【3】A 根据上文提到The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago, in 1066在1066年英国又发生了入侵，故选A历史专家把这次入侵叫做诺曼人的征服。
【4】B根据下文提到But the common people of Britain still spoke old English但英国的民众狐朋狗友说老式英语，故选B这是受教育者的英语。
【5】C根据下文提到Middle English sounds like modern English可知与C项有共同提示词Middle English,故选C项。
考点 ：七选五
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In China, as in many countries, the north-south divide runs deep. People from the north are seen as hale and hearty, while southerners are often portrayed as cunning, cultured traders. Northerners are taller than southerners. The north eats noodles, while the south eats, rice—and according to new research, when it comes to personality, that difference has meant everything.
A study published Friday by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China’s noodle-slurping northerners are more independent, show more “analytic thought” and divorce more frequently. By contrast, the authors write, rice-eating southerners show more qualities traditionally associated with East Asian culture, including more “holistic thought” and lower divorce rates.
The reason? Cultivating rice, the authors say, is a lot harder. Picture a rice paddy, its delicate seedlings tucked in a bed of water. They require careful tending and many hours of labor—by some estimates, twice as much as wheat—as well as reliance on irrigation systems that require neighborly cooperation. As the authors write, for southerners growing rice, “strict self-reliance might have meant starvation.”
Growing wheat, by contrast, the north’s staple grain, is much simpler. One Chinese fanning guide from the 1600s quoted in the study advised aspiring farmers that “if one is short of labor power, it is best to grow wheat.”
To produce their findings, the authors evaluated the attitudes of 1,162 Han Chinese students in Beijing and Liaoning in the north and in Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and Sichuan in the south. To control for other factors that distinguish the north and south—such as climate, dialect and contact with herding cultures—the authors also analyzed differences between various neighboring counties in five central provinces along China’s rice-wheat border.
According to the authors, the influence of rice cultivation can help explain East Asia’s “strangely persistent interdependence.” For example, they say South Korea and Japan have remained less individualistic than Western countries, even as they’ve grown wealthier.
The authors aren’t alone in observing the influence various crops have on shaping culture. Malcolm Gladwell in his 2008 book “Outliers” also drew connections between a hard-working ethic (measured by a willingness to fill out long, boring questionnaires) and a historical tradition of rice cultivation in places such as South Korea and Japan, given that the farming of such crops is arguably an equally boring chore.
How China’s North-south Divide Has Influece on 【1】 Personality | |
【2】 in personality | China’s northerners 【3】 on noodles, and they are thought of as hale, hearty and taller with more 【4】 and “analytic thought” as well as higher divorce rates. On the contrary, the southerners prefer eating rice and have more “holistic thought” and lower divorce rates. |
Reasons | Planting rice needs twice more 【5】 than planting wheat. Cultivating rice relies on irrigation system that requires neighbors to 【6】 well. If you are over independent, you might【7】 in the south. If you are 【8】 in labor power, it is best to grow wheat in the north. |
The Research | The attitudes of 1162 Han Chinese students were evaluated. Other unrelated factors like climate, dialect and herding cultures were carefully 【9】 . The result shows the influence of rice cultivation can result in more cooperation and explain East Asia’s “strangely persistent interdependence”. |
Another【10】 observation | Malcolm Gladwell also found the influence crops have on culture in his 2008 book “Outliers”. |