Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago English was a little -known relative of German spoken on one of the borders（邊界）of Europe.
If a language has a lot of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts.
小題1:The first paragraph mainly tells us that_______.
A．most people in the world speak Chinese
B．there are thousands of languages in the world today
C．man has much knowledge about languages
D．some people know several languages
小題2:Many European and Indian languages ______.
A．will soon die out completely
B．were once a relative of English
C．a(chǎn)re the same as before
D．come from the same family
小題3:____ seems to have changed a lot
A．ChineseB．EnglishC．SpanishD．German
小題4: The best title of this passage is        .
A．EnglishB．Changes of English
C．ChineseD．Knowledge of Language
小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D

小題1:細節(jié)題，從第一段里的：we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times.看出選C，人類對語言了解很多。
小題2:細節(jié)題，從第二段的：There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European.說明D項正確，他們是來自同一個家庭。
小題3:細節(jié)推理題，從第三段的：Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago.看出英語已經(jīng)改變了很多，選B。
小題4:主旨題，從第一段的：Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began,還有文章里談?wù)摰恼Z言的知識，所以選D，語言的知識。
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