【推荐】【步步高】2013-2014高中英语 unit 2 language period one welcome to the unit reading同步测试1 牛津译林版必修3.docVIP

Unit 2　Language Period One　Welcome to the unit Reading(Ⅰ) 基础落实 Ⅰ.课文理解 1． Which of the people played the least part in Old English? A．The Celts. B．The Angles. C．The Saxons. D．The Vikings. 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. 3． The base of Old English is ________. A．Celtic B．Anglo-Saxon C．the languages of Denmark and Norway D．Anglo-Saxon mixed with the languages of Denmark and Norway 4． According to the text，we can infer(推断) “the Renaissance” resulted in the changes of ________ in English. A．vocabulary B．pronunciation C．spelling D．accent 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 Ⅱ.根据课文内容填空 Time EventsBefore the middle of the 5th century People in Britain all spoke a language called 1.________. At the end of the 2.________ century The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages. By the 10th century Old English was the 3.________ language of England. In 1066 The Normans 4.________ England and took 5.________ of the country. By the 6.________ half of the 14th century English was adopted by all classes in England. In 1399 Henry Ⅳ became King of 7.________ and used 8.________ for all official occasions. During the 9.________ in the 16th century 10.________ English appeared. Ⅲ.用适当的介、副词填空 1．Bees fly ________ circles to inform their partners about food or danger. 2．The English language is made up ________ the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain. 3．Old English consisted ________ a mixture ________ their languages. 4．Middle English is the name given to the English used from ________ the 12th to the 15th centuries. 5．The Norman Conquest did not affect English as ________ as the Angles and the Saxons’ victory about 600 years earlier. 6．The word