( )3. How did the author plan to spend his holiday first?________.

A. He wanted to go to the sea for his holiday

B. He wanted to go hiking

C. He planned to do some shopping

D. He wanted to go skating.

( )4. The author’s friend is going to _______ for his holiday.

A. the seashore B. his home in the mountains

C. drive to Hainan D. fly to Sydney

( )5. The author decided to _______ at last.

A. go with Jim and climb the mountains. B. travel by himself

C. travel by car D. go to a foreign country

B

English today is very different from the English spoken long, long ago. By the 12th century, the language had already changed very much. People then could not read writings from the year 700. The history of English has three parts— “Old English”(before the year 1150), “Middle English”(up till 1500) and “Modern English”(1500 to now).

The biggest difference between Old, Middle and Modern English is in vocabulary(词汇). Grammar hasn’t changed greatly, but thousands of new words have come into the language. Many of them are from French.

Another important change is pronunciation. It has changed so much that there are almost no words said the same way as in Old English.

( )6. Today even English people themselves can hardly understand .

A. the language B. Old English

C. Middle English D. Modern English

( )7. By what time had English changed greatly?

A. Long, long ago B. By the year 1200

C. From the year700 D. By the 12th century

( )8. The period(时期) of “Middle English” is .

A. from 1500 to now B. from 1150 to now

C. from 1150 to 1500 D. from 700 to 1500

( )9. Many English words of today came from .

A. French B. Old English

C. Middle English D. the English Language

( )10. “There are almost no words said the same way today as in Old English. ”means .

A. There are thousands of new words

B. English pronunciation has already greatly

C. Grammar has not changed greatly

D. The vocabulary is different

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