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The original English language was the language of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes: People from the north of Germany who conquered(征服) many parts of England in the 5th century. But old English, as it is known, soon began to take words from other languages. About 800, the Vikings from northern Europe settled in Britain. Their language was like old English, but some of their words replaced English ones. Among them were common words such as husband, sky, window, happy, ill, wrong, and so on. Strangely, “they” is a Viking word; but the other pronouns come from old English.
In 1066, English was conquered by Normans, from the north of France. The Normans spoke French, and slowly many words of French began to enter the English language. Some of these were words which the Normans used when ruling England; words like city, village, and prison. There were also military words such as battle, peace and war. Other words showed the importance of food to the French: the names of most animals in English come from old English but the name of most meat (for example, pork, beef and mutton) come from French.
1.The English language has a history of about ________ years.
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2.“Old English” refers to the language of ________.
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A.the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
B.the Vikings
C.the Normans
D.all above
3.Which of the following is false?
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A.The Vikings came to England from the North of Europe.
B.The Normans ruled England in the 10th century.
C.Some of the Viking words were used instead of English ones.
D.Many French words entered English from the year 1066.
4.Which of the following is true?
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A.“They” but the other pronouns doesn't come from old English.
B.The word “sky” belongs to “old English”.
C.“Old English” was based on the languages of the Vikings and the Normans.
D.The names of most animals are the same as those of their meats.
5.Of all the languages in the world. English has the largest vocabulary mainly because ________.
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A.the British are good at inventing new words
B.it was originally very rich
C.England was conquered by Germans and Normans
D.many non-English words have been entering English