Question

【题目】The German groups—Angles and Celtic—occupied Britain, so the old English __________ a mixture of their languages.

A. was consisted of B. consisted of

C. made up of D. made of

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】考查动词短语。德国的两个群体中的盎格鲁和凯尔特人占领了英国，因此古英语是由他们的语言混合而成的。be bmade up of由…组成，由…构成=consist of。 consist of不能用于被动语态。故选B。