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英语阅读理解题TheperiodofMiddleEnglishextendsroughlyfromthetwelfthcenturythroughthefifteenth.TheinfluenceofFrench(andLatin,oftenbywayofFrench)uponthevocabularycontinuedthroughoutthisperiod,thelossofsomeinflecti
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TheperiodofMiddleEnglishextendsroughlyfromthetwelfthcenturythroughthefifteenth.TheinfluenceofFrench(andLatin,oftenbywayofFrench)uponthevocabularycontinuedthroughoutthisperiod,thelossofsomeinflectionsandthereductionofothersaccelerated,andmanychangestookplacewithinthegrammaticalsystemsofthelanguage.Atypicalprosepassage,especiallyonefromthelaterpartoftheperiod,willnothavesuchaforeignlooktousastheproseofOldEnglish,butiswillnotbemistakenforcontemporarywritingeither.

TheperiodofModernEnglishextendsfromthesixteenthcenturytoourownday.TheearlypartofthisperiodsawthecompletionofarevolutioninvoweldistributionthathadbeguninlateMiddleEnglishandthateffectivelybroughtthelanguagetosomethingresemblingitspresentpattern.OtherimportantearlydevelopmentsincludethestabilizingeffectonspellingoftheprintingpressandthebeginningofthedirectinfluenceofLatin,and,toalesserextent,Greekonthevocabulary.Later,asEnglishcameintocontactwithotherculturesaroundtheworldanddistinctivedialectsofEnglishdevelopedinthemanyareaswhichBritainhadcolonized,numerousotherlanguagesmadesmallbutinterestingcontributionstoourword-stock.

3)itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattoday_

a)apersoncanpronounceoldEnglishwordsbutcannotunderstandthem

b)aneducatedpersoncanunderstandoldEnglishbutcannotpronounceit

c)evenaneducatedpersoncannotreadoldEnglishwithoutspecialtraining

d)apersonwithsufficientknowledgeofFrenchcanunderstandoldEnglish

4)wecaninferfromthepassagethataprosepassagefromthefifteenthcentury_

a)lookslikeforeignlanguagetocontemporaryEnglishreaders

b)looksmorelikecontemporaryEnglishthanoldEnglish

c)canbeunderstoodbycontemporaryreaders

d)isalmostthesameasmodernEnglishingrammaticalstructure

5)whatisthemostremarkablecharacteristicofmodernEnglish?

a)theemergenceofnewvarietiesinmanypartsoftheworld

b)gradualchangesinitsgrammaticalsystem

崔雨勇回答:
  3-c;4-b;
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