(用正确形式填空) ______ English ______ (speak) in many European countries?

阅读理解

　　The English language we know today is about six hundred years old. For half that time, English was just the language of the English living in England. The modern English language grew by about the year 1400. Many words were borrowed from French and German.

　　As people from Europe traveled outside Europe, European languages began to be used in other parts of the world. At first, the languages stayed the same as those in Europe, but slowly they began to grow apart.

　　Today, the differences between American English and British English are not very great. Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. But people from the two countries can understand each other easily.

1．From the passage we've learnt something about ________.

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A．the development of the English language.

B．the beauty of the English language

C．the difference between English and modern English

D．the difference between American English and British English

2．The English language after the beginning of ________ century is called the ________ English.

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3．Many English words come from ________.

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4．European languages used outside Europe ________.

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5．People from England and America can understand each other easily because ________.

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A．they are good friends

B．they are kind to each other

C．they speak the same language

D．they have the same ideas

选择正确答案，完成对话.

A： Have you 　1 　been to Africa?

B： Yes, I visited one or two African countries 　2 　.

A： Did you go there 　3 　holiday?

B： No, we went with a group of European teachers. We wanted 　4 　the schools there. We 　5 　in some of the big towns and then we visited little schools 　6 　villages.

A： What was 　7 　interesting thing about your visit?

B： Well, in some schools the children 　8 　many books, but they could often 　9 　English very well.

A： And were the pupils happy at schools?

B： Yes, I think 　10 　.