Ⅰ.课文阅读理解

1．Which of the people played the least part in Old English?

A．The Celts.　　　　　　 B．The Angles.

C．The Saxons. D．The Vikings.

答案　A

2．What is the main reason for English's development?

A．The borrowing from other languages.

B．The mixing of different languages from different countries.

C．The invasions.

D．All of the above.

答案　D

3．The base of Old English is .

A．Celtic

B．Anglo­Saxon

C．the languages of Denmark and Norway

D．Anglo­Saxon mixed with the languages of Denmark and Norway

答案　B

4．According to the text，we can infer "the Renaissance" resulted in the changes of in English.

A．vocabulary B．pronunciation

C．spelling D．accent

答案　A

5．The text mainly tells us .

A．when English began to change

B．when English began to come into use

C．how English will change in the future

D．how English changed throughout its history

答案　D

Ⅱ.课文阅读填空

Time Events Before the middle of the 5th century People in Britain all spoke a language called 1.Celtic.