Reading Comprehension

　　The development of the English language falls into three periods. Old English lasted from about A. D. 450, when the first German people began to settle in England, until about 1100. Middle English extended from about 1100 to about 1475. And Modern English began about 1475 and has lasted to the present time. Of course the breaks were not as sudden and exact as these dates suggest. There has never been a year when the language was not changing, or a time when it was spoken without any differences between regions (地区) . However, the characters of the three periods are so different that a person who knows both Old and Modern English well will find a great deal of difficulty reading some of the Middle English writings without further study in the important points of the language.

1．Shakespeare produced his famous plays during the late 1500s and early 1600s ; thus we can say that he wrote in ________ .

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A．Old English

B．Middle English

C．Early Middle English

D．Modern English

2．A person who knows Old English ________ .

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A．would probably have little difficulty learning old German

B．would want to learn Modern English

C．would have no difficulty learning Middle English

D．would have difficulty learning other languages

3．The author would advise a person learning English for the first time ________ .

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A．to study the history of the English language

B．to realize that English is very difficult

C．to remember that English will be different as time goes on

D．to appreciate that English is spoken everywhere

4．Old English ________.

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A．lasted for 450 years

B．is still spoken in some areas of Britain

C．came into being because of German influence(影响)

D．had an unusual system (系统) of writing

5．The English language ________ .

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A．has stayed about the same for the last 500 years

B．should be studied by everyone

C．is a mixture of French and German

D．is the oldest language in Europe

　　Reading Comprehension

　　The development of the English language falls into three periods. Old English lasted from about A. D. 450, when the first German people began to settle in England, until about 1100. Middle English extended from about 1100 to about 1475. And Modern English began about 1475 and has lasted to the present time. Of course the breaks were not as sudden and exact as these dates suggest. There has never been a year when the language was not changing, or a time when it was spoken without any differences between regions (地区) . However, the characters of the three periods are so different that a person who knows both Old and Modern English well will find a great deal of difficulty reading some of the Middle English writings without further study in the important points of the language.

1．Shakespeare produced his famous plays during the late 1500s and early 1600s ; thus we can say that he wrote in ________ .

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A．Old English

B．Middle English

C．Early Middle English

D．Modern English

2．A person who knows Old English ________ .

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A．would probably have little difficulty learning old German

B．would want to learn Modern English

C．would have no difficulty learning Middle English

D．would have difficulty learning other languages

3．The author would advise a person learning English for the first time ________ .

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A．to study the history of the English language

B．to realize that English is very difficult

C．to remember that English will be different as time goes on

D．to appreciate that English is spoken everywhere

4．Old English ________.

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A．lasted for 450 years

B．is still spoken in some areas of Britain

C．came into being because of German influence(影响)

D．had an unusual system (系统) of writing

5．The English language ________ .

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A．has stayed about the same for the last 500 years

B．should be studied by everyone

C．is a mixture of French and German

D．is the oldest language in Europe

单词拼写

At the age of 18, he was told that he had been a_________ by a couple who didn’t have any children.

My brother picked up French when he studied as a(n) e_______ student in France

A good timetable should be f           , which can be changed according to different situations.

Could you tell the _________ (确定的) time for the meeting? I’m not sure about it.

He didn’t feel d__________, even though he faced many difficulties.

When she saw the beautiful painting, she wanted to           (占有) it.

He a         his power as the manager by giving his son a job in the company, which made us angry.

English is __________ (分布广泛的) and used in most international meetings.

What she told me was not a dream but an __________(实际的) event.

He gave me a              (保证) that it would never happen again.

完形填空

　　In 1895 , Marie 1 a French physicist named pierre Curie. He was a young man 2 loved science 3 she did.

　　In 1896, Madame Curie began to 4 on radioactive elements with her husband and in a little room 5 of them worked day and night, After two years of hard work , at last , 6 December 26, 1898 , they 7 that they 8 radium. This is another kind of element which has still 9 radioactivity than uranium. The 10 of radium opened the treasure-house of the energy of atomic nucleus(原子核) .

　　In1903 , 11 their great achievements in 12 , Madame Curie and her husband 13 the Nobel prize in physics. But unfortunately, in 1906, Pierre got 14 in a traffic accident. Marie was in extremely deep 15 .However, she 16 continued her research work. In 1911, she received the Nobel Prize in 17 . She was 18 scientist 19 two Nobel awards in the world.

　　Madame Curie, one of the greatest scientists ever 20 in history, will always be remembered.

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完形填空

　　In 1895 , Marie 1 a French physicist named pierre Curie. He was a young man 2 loved science 3 she did.

　　In 1896, Madame Curie began to 4 on radioactive elements with her husband and in a little room 5 of them worked day and night, After two years of hard work , at last , 6 December 26, 1898 , they 7 that they 8 radium. This is another kind of element which has still 9 radioactivity than uranium. The 10 of radium opened the treasure-house of the energy of atomic nucleus(原子核) .

　　In1903 , 11 their great achievements in 12 , Madame Curie and her husband 13 the Nobel prize in physics. But unfortunately, in 1906, Pierre got 14 in a traffic accident. Marie was in extremely deep 15 .However, she 16 continued her research work. In 1911, she received the Nobel Prize in 17 . She was 18 scientist 19 two Nobel awards in the world.

　　Madame Curie, one of the greatest scientists ever 20 in history, will always be remembered.

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