Question

     English is always changing. The English that people used 500 years ago is very 1to the English we use now. 2in the last fifty years,English has changed.3words are entering our language all the time. The words internet,email and mobile phone are only twenty years old. The word website is even

4. We only started using it fifteen years ago. But what 5languages to change? And is language change a positive or a negative thing?

     There are many reasons that 6 change. One reason is that technology changes. We use new7. for new types of technology. Thirty years ago,we only used the word in English to 8.an animal. Today,the word mouse9. I means the object you use to contipl a computer. Another important reason for language change is 10 between different countries and cultures. For example,English uses words like sugar from Arabic,and yoghurt from Turkish. Languages also change because young people create their own way of 11 that is different from their parents. 12 often use new slang ——informal words and phrases — to talk to their friends. Some slang gets 13 , but other slang words become part of everyday language. Words like bus and rock music 14 as slang,but now they are in the dictionary and everyone 15 them.

    But is language change a good thing or a bad thing? Some people think that we should stop languages from 16 . They think that they need to 17 their language or it will die. 18,other people believe that language change is a natural thing and shouldn't be 19 . They think that it is 20 that languages change over time. They think that languages need to change to stay modem and interesting.

1. A. important   B. valuable

   C. close     D. different

2. A. Only   B. Even   C. Once   D. Then

3. A. New   B. Funny   C. Spoken   D. Foreign

4. A. easier      B. younger

  C. better   D. luckier

5. A. expects     B. requires

  C. causes   D. teaches

6. A. languages   B. technologies

  C. cultures   D. people

7. A. ideas       B. websites

  C. computers   D. words

8. A. control        B. learn

  C. describe       D. remember

9. A. still       B. also   C. soon   D. again

10. A. disagreement     B. comparison

   C. competition   D. communication

11. A. talking      B. thinking

  C. working       D. organizing

12. A. Parents       B. Teachers

  C. Teenagers      D. Writers

13. A. loved       B. finished

  C. discovered   D. forgotten

14. . A. stayed   B. started

   C. proved   D. waited

15. A. uses         B. lists

  C. corrects       D. introduces

16. A. happening   B. changing

   C. spreading   D. losing

17. A. understand   B. improve

   C. protect   D. study

18. A. However         B. Therefore

  C. In addition   D. In return

19. A. completed      B. affected

  C. considered   D. stopped

20. A. true         B. necessary

  C. normal       D. interesting

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C

1. D. 根據(jù)文章首句 English is alway!changing可知，由于英語(yǔ)一直在變化發(fā)展，因此500年前使用的英語(yǔ)和我 們?nèi)缃袷褂玫挠⒄Z(yǔ)非�！安煌� (different) ”。

2. B. 上一句中的500 years ago和該空后的the last fifty years進(jìn)行比較 ,表示 “甚至(Even) ”50年前使用的英語(yǔ)和現(xiàn)在也不盡相同。

3. A. 下文提到的internet,email等詞匯 是后來(lái)出現(xiàn)的“新(New)”詞匯。

4. B。根據(jù)上文中的twenty years old和 該空后一句 We only started using it fifteen years ago 的對(duì)比可知，website 這個(gè)詞“出現(xiàn)得更晚(younger) ”。

5. C. 根據(jù)下一斑中的There.are many reasons可知，這里提出問(wèn)題：是什么 “促使(causes) ”語(yǔ)言變化的呢？

6. A.根據(jù)上一段未的languages to change 和 language change 可知，該段 討論“語(yǔ)言(languages) ”委化命雇因。

7. D.根據(jù)下文列舉幾個(gè)詞匯的例子可 知，我們因?yàn)樾驴萍嫉陌l(fā)展去使用新 興的“詞匯(words) ”。

8. C.根搶簡(jiǎn)單的英語(yǔ)知識(shí)可知，mouse 指“老鼠”，因此這個(gè)詞是用來(lái)“描述 (describe ) ” 一種動(dòng)物。

9. B.根據(jù)該空后的 the object you use to control a computer 可知，mouse 現(xiàn)在 “還(also) ”可意為操控電腦的“鼠標(biāo)”。

10. D.根據(jù)下一句列舉來(lái)自其它非英語(yǔ)國(guó)家的英語(yǔ)詞匯可知，不同國(guó)家和文化間的“交流(communication) ”也促成了英語(yǔ)的變化。

11. A.根據(jù)下一句中的use new slang ... to talk to their friends 可知，年輕人有自己的“說(shuō)話(talking) ”方式。

12. C.根據(jù)上一句中的Languages also change because young people create their own way可知，“青少年 (Teenagers) ”經(jīng)常使用一些非正式的俚語(yǔ)。

13. D.根據(jù)該空后的but other slang words become part of everyday language可知，空格處與之形歲對(duì) 比,H此，這里指有一些俚語(yǔ)逐漸被 人們“淡忘(forgotten ) ”。

14. B. 。根據(jù)上文講述俚語(yǔ)對(duì)于英語(yǔ)語(yǔ) 言的影響可知，像bus和rock music 這類詞“一開(kāi)始(started) ”只是年輕人使用的俚語(yǔ)。

15. A.根據(jù)bus和rock music是我們現(xiàn)在日常生活中的高頻詞匯以及該空 前的 now they are in the dictionary 可 知，人人都在“使用(uses) ”這些詞。

16. B.根據(jù)該段會(huì)句But is language change a good thing or a bad thing 可知，有些人不贊成語(yǔ)言變化發(fā)展，認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)當(dāng)阻止語(yǔ)言“變化 (changing) ”。

17. C.根據(jù)該空后的or it will die可知， 這些入認(rèn)為“保護(hù)(protect) ”他們的語(yǔ)言。

18. A.根據(jù)上下文可知，這里提到兩種不同觀點(diǎn)，故用However表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

19. D. 20. C.根據(jù)上文中的language change is a natural thing 可知，其他人認(rèn)為語(yǔ)言隨著時(shí)間的推移變化發(fā)展是很“正常的(normal) ”一件事，因此我們不應(yīng)該對(duì)其加以“阻攔 (stopped) ”。