跟踪导练（五）2

阅读理解

The English language changed a lot during the past years and is still changing. This is because Britain has been influenced by many cultures and invaded （侵略） by many countries， too.

The British people had the first big change in their language when the Vikings came and conquered England. They brought words from their language into everyday use： house， ocean， boat. What were these called before？ Perhaps nobody knows.

Later on the Romans invaded， and they brought another set of words： judicial， centenarian， legion， villa， vineyard and many， many more. In fact， for a time Latin became the main language of educated people. Poor people spoke in their own local dialect （方言）， which separated educated people from ordinary people.

After 1066， French was spoken in government offices and became widely used because the rulers were from the French court.

Other rulers from Spain came， and Spanish words came into the English language. With time， many of these words changed and became “English” words， but most of the words we use—delicate， sofa， bed， garden， in fact most words you can think of—came from one of the other European countries.

The history of English is still being written. More words are becoming used daily， largely because of the development of science and technology. Words like byte， download and hyper drive are now in the dictionary. Other colloquial （口头的） words like bro， phit， yo are also appearing in the dictionary.

1. What was the fact after the Romans invaded England？

A. Latin was spoken by most people.

B. The English language began to form.

C. Different classes spoke different languages.

D. Different classes began to appear in Britain.

2. In the old days， English was influenced greatly by ___ .

A. the other European countries

B. the countries that invaded Britain

C. the main language of educated people

D. the dialects spoken by ordinary people

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph？

A. Some English words changed a lot.

B. The history of English is very long.

C. English is still changing nowadays.

D. English has a big influence in the world.

4. Whats the passage mainly about？

A. The development of the English language.

B. The countries that invaded Britain.

C. Different kinds of English.

D. The history of Britain.

语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I left for the United States 1 （study）， I had butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous because it was the first time that I had gone to 2 new place with new people and new customs. I couldnt even understand their language. Everything 3 （be） different from my own country. There was nobody that I could talk to. I just had my husband who was a new person for me， too.

It was a sad moment 4 I had to say goodbye to my family and friends. I was unwilling to leave my hometown because I grew

5 there and had wonderful 6 （memory） of the place. So，

7 （think） about all these changes made me nervous and I was

8 （worry） about my new life. But studying abroad was a

9 （decide） that I made myself. I had to continue and accept the challenge. I looked forward to 10 （visit） my family in the summer vacation.

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

书面表达

假如你叫李华，请根据下面的提示，给你的笔友Mike写一封信，介绍你的英语老师。要点如下：

1. 外貌特点；

2. 性格特点；

3. 教学特点。

注意：词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。

Dear Mike，

Let me tell you something about my new English teacher.

Best wishes！

Yours，

Li Hua