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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中;选出最佳选项。

  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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A.1200
B.900
C.1500
D.1100

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

答案:C;A;B;A;D
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第三部分  阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Scars of Love

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(短吻鳄) was getting close. The mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In great fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him. From the dock, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched (抓住) his legs. That began an unbelievable tug-of-war (拔河比赛) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, rushed from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred (留下伤疤) by the terrible attack of the animal. And on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy after the trauma (外伤), asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted the pant legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “Look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mum wouldn’t let go.”

You and I can identify with (认同) that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friends, are because we have refused to let go.

56. The underlined part “the two” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

   A. the alligator and the mother         B. the mother and the son

C. the driver and the alligator          D. the son and the alligator

57. From the passage we can infer ________.

   A. The mother was unwilling to let the alligator go

   B. The mother was actually stronger than the alligator

   C. The son was proud of his scars on his arms

   D. The son was ashamed of his scars on his legs

58. According to the last paragraph, what is the writer’s real meaning?

   A. To forget the past is to betray.       B. We should forget the scars.

   C. Wounds are different from scars.     D. We should learn to let go sometimes.

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