Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? 选项

1.Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? 选项： A:It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language.; B:Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development.; C:The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change.; D:Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language.

2.Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? 选项： A、It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language. B、Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development. C、The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change. D、Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language.

3.Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage? . 选项： A: The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change B: Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development C: It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language D: Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language

4.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage A．It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginnIng of the modem English language.B．Other languages had great influence on the English language at different stages of its development.C．The English language has beech and still in a state of relatively constant change.D．Many classes Or groups have contributed to the development of the English language.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage A．It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginnIng of the modem English language.B．Other languages had great influence on the English language at different stages of its development.C．The English language has beech and still in a state of relatively constant change.D．Many classes Or groups have contributed to the development of the English languag

6.Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? 选项： A:

Our Changing Attitude Towards the English Language.

B:

The History of the English Language.

C:

Our Changing Language.

D:

Some Characteristics of Modern English.

7. Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? 选项： A、 The history of the English language. B、 Our changing attitude towards the English language. C、 Our changing language. D、 Some characteristics of modern English.

8.Directions: Read the following passage with ten blanks. Select one word for each blank from the box below. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.

English has evolved naturally as a global language over time, despite the attempts of various people to create artificial languages such as Esperanto, as global languages. English has 1（） 370 million native speakers, born in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Austrilia and other countries. However, it has been 2（） that there are over a billion non-native speakers of English. Some people 3（）think that English is a Romance language. It is rather a Germanic language which was heavily influenced by the Normans upon their 4（）of England in 1066. The Normans eventually went on to become the French. The early Britons 5（） many of the Norman word roots, which has resulted in many 6（）between French and English today. Today, English is widespread. It is largely due to the fact that it is used so heavily in television, film and music. Hollywood's global 7（） has contributed strongly to the international popularity of English. It is also the 8（） language on the Internet. Pages in other languages even tend to have an English 9（）. The British Empire and the dominant nature of American 10（） culture have contributed overall to the spread of English across the planet.

备选词：

adopted, differences, predominant, official, approximately, estimated, similarities, popular, black, landing, spread, usually, conquest, mistakenly, translation

9.The following are the factors that have contributed to the development of the U.S. economy EXCEPT __________. 选项： A:

the vast space and resources of the land

B:

the ideals of freedom and economic opportunity

C:

English as its national language

D:

hard work by the people

10.Which of the following statements is NOT true about English according to this passage?

11.四、英译中。English is known as a world language, regularly used by many nations whose English is not their first language. Like other languages, English has changed greatly. The history of the English language can be divided into three main periods: Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

12.Complex sentence structure and the large number of meanings and synonyms that many English words have can cause confusion 选项： A:

Complicated sentence configurations and a lot of meanings and synonymity that many English words have can make confusion.