The English language started about 1500 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 1500 years ago, including Old English（before ll50）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.

1.When did Modern English start?

A. About the year 1150.

B. Before the year 1500.

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

　　D. About 1500 years ago.

2.How many languages did Old English come from?

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

3.Which language did the name "English" come from?

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

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

　　A. grammar　　    B. pronunciation     C. words　　　　D. All of the above

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

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

　　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.

 

A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 　　lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 　　. Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew 　　, and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.

No    was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having 　 heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 　　of her daughter. She stopped at 　　of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to 　　this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 　　at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 　　listening to the service, all the while letting her 　　wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

She couldn’t 　　until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!”　 　she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 　　to be true.

It was night, but she was so 　　by the message that she started walking home.　 　the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 　　her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 　　open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 　　, the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s 　　. The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 　　.”

A. modern          B. religious    C. awful            D. simple

A. earn money     B. help others  C. get free     D. become famous

A. lonelier       B. slower       C. angrier          D. older

A. contract       B. contact      C. link         D. difference　

A. sight          B. charge       C. search           D. need

A. each            B. both         C. none         D. every

A. print out       B. look at      C. give off     D. put up

A. record         B. advice       C. message      D. notice

A. sensitively    B. absent-mindedly  C. devotedly    D. carefully

A. eyes           B. hands        C. thoughts     D. imaginations

A. help          B. move         C. wait         D. listen

A. After         B. Since        C. Until            D. As

A. lucky         B. good         C. happy            D. certain

A. astonished    B. touched      C. interested　　　D. ashamed

A. By            B. At           C. During　　　　D. Before

A. had           B. led          C. made         D. held

A. seemed        B. blew         C. proved           D. flew

A. safety        B. health       C. danger           D. life

A. backs         B. hearts       C. shoulders        D. arms

A. pushed        B. opened       C. locked           D. fixed

阅读理解

  At one time a traveler could learn about a region（地区）by looking at the houses. For example, he or she could understand what building materials were available. In areas with many wooden houses, the traveler would have guessed that there were nearby forests. Stone houses would have indicated（表明）that stones were easy to get. However, a closer look at the houses would have told the traveler even more about the area.

　　In cold mountain regions of the world, for example, people have traditionally built houses so that one side almost touches the mountain. Thus, this side of the house is protected from cold winds. Modern designers who plan houses are finding this old tradition to be very useful. They are designing houses with one or more walls that touch the surrounding earth. In fact, sometimes the houses are almost completely covered with soil. These houses are efficiently heated and cooled because underground temperatures change very little.

（1）The main idea of paragraph 1 may be that ________ .

[　　]

A. houses would tell the features（特征）of a region

B. people travelled in order to learn about houses

C. people built houses only with materials that were easy to get

D. different houses were made of different materials

（2）The houses in cold mountain regions ________ .

[　　]

A. must be located in places without strong wind

B. are built nearly against the mountain

C. have not changed much

D. are built with mud tops

（3）The main idea of paragraph 2 may be that _______ .

[　　]

A. modern houses are efficiently heated and cooled

B. modern designers dislike the old tradition

C. modern designers have changed the old tradition

D. modern designers have learned from the old tradition

（4）Some modern houses are built ________ .

[　　]

A. in mountain areas

B. half-buried in the ground

C. where modern building materials are available

D. with good heating and cooling systems

（5）The author develops his topic sentence by ________ .

[　　]

阅读理解

  At one time a traveler could learn about a region（地区）by looking at the houses. For example, he or she could understand what building materials were available. In areas with many wooden houses, the traveler would have guessed that there were nearby forests. Stone houses would have indicated（表明）that stones were easy to get. However, a closer look at the houses would have told the traveler even more about the area.

　　In cold mountain regions of the world, for example, people have traditionally built houses so that one side almost touches the mountain. Thus, this side of the house is protected from cold winds. Modern designers who plan houses are finding this old tradition to be very useful. They are designing houses with one or more walls that touch the surrounding earth. In fact, sometimes the houses are almost completely covered with soil. These houses are efficiently heated and cooled because underground temperatures change very little.

（1）The main idea of paragraph 1 may be that ________ .

[　　]

A. houses would tell the features（特征）of a region

B. people travelled in order to learn about houses

C. people built houses only with materials that were easy to get

D. different houses were made of different materials

（2）The houses in cold mountain regions ________ .

[　　]

A. must be located in places without strong wind

B. are built nearly against the mountain

C. have not changed much

D. are built with mud tops

（3）The main idea of paragraph 2 may be that _______ .

[　　]

A. modern houses are efficiently heated and cooled

B. modern designers dislike the old tradition

C. modern designers have changed the old tradition

D. modern designers have learned from the old tradition

（4）Some modern houses are built ________ .

[　　]

A. in mountain areas

B. half-buried in the ground

C. where modern building materials are available

D. with good heating and cooling systems

（5）The author develops his topic sentence by ________ .

[　　]