题目内容
different from Modern English. If we do not study old English, we can't understand it. Some of the words
are the same, but many are not used now. The story of the English language begins some time after the year
400 AD. At this time, some people came to England from North-west Europe. There were many groups of
people. They were called Angles (盎格鲁人), Saxons (撒克逊人) and Jutes (朱特人), whose language, old
English, is like some of the modern language of North-West Europe. In old English, the ending had many
meanings. They showed past time and present time and many other things. In Modern English, most of these
endings are gone. This is the biggest difference between Old and Modern English.
B. English is a language that has changed a lot as time passes by.
C. The old English language has changed into Modern English.
D. The story of English language is one of how people change the language.
B. more than 1,600 years
C. 2,300 years
D. more than 400 years
B. English
C. North-West English
D. North-West Europe
B. It is easy for most English-speakers today to understand the language.
C. Its words are completely different from those Modern English.
D. It was spoken by many groups of the people from North-West Europe.
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