题目内容
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
English is now 1. (wide) used throughout the world. The English language 2. (make) up of grammar and vocabulary because people from different countries and cultures have lived together. 3._ (it)development contains three stages: Old English, Middle English and Modern English.
In the fifth century, two Germanic groups occupied Britain. Old English consisted of a 4. (mix) of their languages. Unlike Old English, Middle English can be read, although with difficulty, by modern English-speaking people. Many factors contributed 5. the development of Middle English. However, in 1066, the Normans took control of England, 6. did not have the same result that the Germanic invasion had had about 600 years earlier. But French still had 7. influence on the English language. This _8._ (result)even more pairs of similar words. Modern English includes many Latin and Greek words. As we all know, English will continue changing in the future. It is certain 9. the changing process will continue and people will keep 10. (invent) new words and new ways of saying things.