Question

     English is always changing. The English that people used 500 years ago is very 1to the English we use now. 2in the last fifty years,English has changed.3words are entering our language all the time. The words internet,email and mobile phone are only twenty years old. The word website is even

4. We only started using it fifteen years ago. But what 5languages to change? And is language change a positive or a negative thing?

     There are many reasons that 6 change. One reason is that technology changes. We use new7. for new types of technology. Thirty years ago,we only used the word in English to 8.an animal. Today,the word mouse9. I means the object you use to contipl a computer. Another important reason for language change is 10 between different countries and cultures. For example,English uses words like sugar from Arabic,and yoghurt from Turkish. Languages also change because young people create their own way of 11 that is different from their parents. 12 often use new slang ——informal words and phrases — to talk to their friends. Some slang gets 13 , but other slang words become part of everyday language. Words like bus and rock music 14 as slang,but now they are in the dictionary and everyone 15 them.

    But is language change a good thing or a bad thing? Some people think that we should stop languages from 16 . They think that they need to 17 their language or it will die. 18,other people believe that language change is a natural thing and shouldn't be 19 . They think that it is 20 that languages change over time. They think that languages need to change to stay modem and interesting.

1. A. important   B. valuable

   C. close     D. different

2. A. Only   B. Even   C. Once   D. Then

3. A. New   B. Funny   C. Spoken   D. Foreign

4. A. easier      B. younger

  C. better   D. luckier

5. A. expects     B. requires

  C. causes   D. teaches

6. A. languages   B. technologies

  C. cultures   D. people

7. A. ideas       B. websites

  C. computers   D. words

8. A. control        B. learn

  C. describe       D. remember

9. A. still       B. also   C. soon   D. again

10. A. disagreement     B. comparison

   C. competition   D. communication

11. A. talking      B. thinking

  C. working       D. organizing

12. A. Parents       B. Teachers

  C. Teenagers      D. Writers

13. A. loved       B. finished

  C. discovered   D. forgotten

14. . A. stayed   B. started

   C. proved   D. waited

15. A. uses         B. lists

  C. corrects       D. introduces

16. A. happening   B. changing

   C. spreading   D. losing

17. A. understand   B. improve

   C. protect   D. study

18. A. However         B. Therefore

  C. In addition   D. In return

19. A. completed      B. affected

  C. considered   D. stopped

20. A. true         B. necessary

  C. normal       D. interesting

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C

1. D. 根据文章首句 English is alway!changing可知，由于英语一直在变化发展，因此500年前使用的英语和我 们如今使用的英语非常“不同 (different) ”。

2. B. 上一句中的500 years ago和该空后的the last fifty years进行比较 ,表示 “甚至(Even) ”50年前使用的英语和现在也不尽相同。

3. A. 下文提到的internet,email等词汇 是后来出现的“新(New)”词汇。

4. B。根据上文中的twenty years old和 该空后一句 We only started using it fifteen years ago 的对比可知，website 这个词“出现得更晚(younger) ”。

5. C. 根据下一斑中的There.are many reasons可知，这里提出问题：是什么 “促使(causes) ”语言变化的呢？

6. A.根据上一段未的languages to change 和 language change 可知，该段 讨论“语言(languages) ”委化命雇因。

7. D.根据下文列举几个词汇的例子可 知，我们因为新科技的发展去使用新 兴的“词汇(words) ”。

8. C.根搶简单的英语知识可知，mouse 指“老鼠”，因此这个词是用来“描述 (describe ) ” 一种动物。

9. B.根据该空后的 the object you use to control a computer 可知，mouse 现在 “还(also) ”可意为操控电脑的“鼠标”。

10. D.根据下一句列举来自其它非英语国家的英语词汇可知，不同国家和文化间的“交流(communication) ”也促成了英语的变化。

11. A.根据下一句中的use new slang ... to talk to their friends 可知，年轻人有自己的“说话(talking) ”方式。

12. C.根据上一句中的Languages also change because young people create their own way可知，“青少年 (Teenagers) ”经常使用一些非正式的俚语。

13. D.根据该空后的but other slang words become part of everyday language可知，空格处与之形歲对 比,H此，这里指有一些俚语逐渐被 人们“淡忘(forgotten ) ”。

14. B. 。根据上文讲述俚语对于英语语 言的影响可知，像bus和rock music 这类词“一开始(started) ”只是年轻人使用的俚语。

15. A.根据bus和rock music是我们现在日常生活中的高频词汇以及该空 前的 now they are in the dictionary 可 知，人人都在“使用(uses) ”这些词。

16. B.根据该段會句But is language change a good thing or a bad thing 可知，有些人不赞成语言变化发展，认为我们应当阻止语言“变化 (changing) ”。

17. C.根据该空后的or it will die可知， 这些入认为“保护(protect) ”他们的语言。

18. A.根据上下文可知，这里提到两种不同观点，故用However表示转折。

19. D. 20. C.根据上文中的language change is a natural thing 可知，其他人认为语言随着时间的推移变化发展是很“正常的(normal) ”一件事，因此我们不应该对其加以“阻拦 (stopped) ”。