As we all know, language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.
There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.
小題1:The early language had ________.
A．a(chǎn) lot of problems
B．words and easy grammar
C．words but no grammar
D．grammar but not many words
小題2:In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.
A．stay exactly the same
B．change a great deal
C．change only a little
D．a(chǎn)sk more words and drop some grammar
小題3:What this article shows is that _____.
A．languages change fast
B．languages really don't want to change
C．language really with changes in society
D．Spanish and English change

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析：
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第一段的句子：The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. 說明D正確。
小題2:推理題：從第一段的句子：Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.可知 B正確
小題3:推理題:從第一段的句子：In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either.可知如果社會(huì)變化的話，語言也會(huì)變化。選C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇文章講述語言的變化原因和過程，篇幅較短，文章比較簡(jiǎn)單，做題時(shí)注意細(xì)節(jié)就可以做對(duì)。
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