63．Which of tire following is TRUE？

A．Modern English has nothing to do with Old Eaglish．

B．Modern English has more words than Old English．

C．Modern English has a vocabulary(词汇量)twice as large as Old English．

D．There is no difference between Old English and Middle English．

C

One difference from the other cities is that London has two centers：tile City of London．the center of business，and Westminster，the center of the official offices．The City of London is in fact a small area and only about 5，000 people live there but it is the centre of British business．The City of Westminster not only has the Houses of Parliament(议院) but also the different official offices which control the country．

Other famous areas are the West End and the East End．The West End is the part that visitors usually see because it has many famous shops，such as Selfridges and Simpsons，and many museums such as the National Art Building and the Museum of Mankind．Most of the big London theatres and cinemas are also in the West End．Tire East End has always been poor and not interesting but the home of the true Londoner，the“Cockney”．People say that a Cockney has to be born within the sound of Bow Bells：this means that he could hear the sound of the bells in a church(教堂)in Bow，a place of the East End．The East End used to have the docks(船坞)and some factories but now the docks and many of the factories have moved out of London．

London is now a mixture of peoples who came from many countries but are now just Londoners．Many people came from the old British colonies(殖民地)．But there are also large groups of people from Poland，from Italy，from France，and from many other countries．Now you can buy food from any country and hear any language spoken in London．The only difficulty is finding a restaurant where you can eat English food．

62．According to the passage，Modern English differs from Old English in．

A．grammar　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．pronunciation　　　　　

C．words　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．All of the above

61．Which language did the name“English”come from？

A．Modern English 　　 B．The Angles．　　　　　 C．The Jutes．　　 　　 D．Tire Saxons．

60．How many languages did Old English come from？

A．One．　　 　　　　　　 B．Two．　　 　　　　　　 C．Three．　　 　　　　 D．Four．

59．When did Modern English start？

A．About the year 1150．

B．Before the year 1500．

C．Between tile 12th century and tile 16th century．

D．About the year 1500．

58．It is clear from the story that the conductor　　　　 ．

A．has changed his attitude(态度)towards his work

B．has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C．has not changed his rude behavior to passengers

D．has now been kind and polite to women with children

B

The English language started about 1,500 years ago in England．Three groups of people came to the country．They were the Angles，the Saxons，and the Jutes．These three groups brought their languages with them to England-After some time，the three languages became one new-language-English．The name“English”comes from the Angles．They lived in most of England．“England”means“Angle Land”or“Country of the Angles”．

The language that we speak today - Modern English - is not the same as the English that people used many years ago．including Old English(before 1150)and Middle English(up till 1500)．That language - Old English - sounds different，and it has some different rules of grammar．There were only a few thousand words in Old English．But Modern English does come from Old English，and it is still like it in many important ways．

57．The word”him”in the last paragraph refers to　　　　 ．

A．the gentleman　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B．the conductor

C．the middle-aged man　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 D．the three-year-old child

56．One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to　　　 ．

A．make a demand for more buses

B．thank the conductor for his good service

C．criticize(批评)the conductor for his rude behavior

D．invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

39．The magazine　　　　　 cover is green belongs to Tom．

A．which　　 　　　　　　 B．the one　　 　　　　　　 C．whose　　 　　　　　　　 D．who