题目内容
阅读下面的短文,在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中单词的正确形式,并将相应
写在答题纸上。
So why has English changed _(80) _ time? (81) all languages change and develop when cultures meet and____(82)______ with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very___(83)___ from the English spoken today. It was ___(84)_ more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became___(85)____ like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers (86) (rich) the English language and especially its ___(87)_ . In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. ___(88) (late) in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be _____(89)____ in both countries .
【答案】
over
Actually
communicate
different
based
less
enriched
vocabulary
Later
spoken
【解析】
Over time随着时间的变化。
上下文的意思说明实际上所以的语言都在变化和发展。
指各种文化的交流、
固定词组be different from…与…不同。
固定词组be based on…以…为基础。
指英语慢慢变得不太想德语了,因为统治英国的人先讲丹麦语后讲法语。
指这些新的定居者让英语更加丰富,尤其是在词汇方面。
解析同上。
副词later指后面在18世纪,英国人去了澳大利亚把英语也带了过去。
指在美国和澳大利亚,英语都成为人们所讲的语言。