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  You probably know that some English words came from French.

  One interesting thing is that when we talk 1 meat on our table we use English words. 2 example, a pig 3 pig when it is 4 , but when it is killed and its meat is brought to the table, it is called pork. Cattle are called cattle when they are raised 5 the field, but at the dinner table, we call the meat 6 .

  When the Normans ruled England, the English peasants 7 to raise animals for food, but they 8 could not buy the meat. The meat was sent to the Norman tables. The peasants could only eat rabbits, because rabbits ran all over their fields and rabbit meat was cheap. So the meat of rabbit was not changed 9 a French word. It was called rabbit by the English peasants of that time and is 10 called rabbit today.

1.

[  ]

A.about
B.to
C.with
D.of

2.

[  ]

A.From
B.For
C.As
D.To

3.

[  ]

A.is calling
B.calls
C.is called
D.call

4.

[  ]

A.dead
B.dying
C.living
D.hungry

5.

[  ]

A.to
B.in
C.on
D.at

6.

[  ]

A.beef
B.pork
C.rabbit
D.meat

7.

[  ]

A.were ordered
B.are ordered
C.ordered
D.was ordered

8.

[  ]

A.themself
B.themselves
C.theirselves
D.theirs

9.

[  ]

A.to
B.in
C.into
D.about

10.

[  ]

A.usually
B.still
C.yet
D.already
答案:A;B;C;C;B;A;A;B;C;B
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