Question

Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.
There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

1. 1.
   The early language had ________.
   1. A.
      a lot of problems
   2. B.
      words and easy grammar
   3. C.
      words but no grammar
   4. D.
      grammar but not many words
2. 2.
   In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.
   1. A.
      stay exactly the same
   2. B.
      change a great deal
   3. C.
      change only a little
   4. D.
      ask more words and drop some grammar
3. 3.
   What this article shows is that _____.
   1. A.
      languages change fast
   2. B.
      languages really don't want to change
   3. C.
      language really with changes in society
   4. D.
      Spanish and English change

Answer 1

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1.D 细节题：从文章的句子：The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary.以前的语言语法难，词汇少。可以看出答案。
2.B 推理题：从文章第二段的句子：Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.可以推断出答案。
3.C主旨题：文章主要表述的是语言是随着社会的改变而改变的。