四川省广安市2017高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解系列训练（52.docVIP

广安市2017高考英语阅读理解一轮系列训练（52） 【2016高考练习】 阅读理解。阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。 Towards the end of Middle English,a sudden change in pronunciation started,with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter.From the 16th century the British had contact with people from around the world.This means that many new words and phrases entered the language.The invention of printing also meant that there was a common language in print.Books became cheaper and more people learned to read.Spelling and grammar became fixed and the dialect of London became the standard.In 1604,the first English dictionary was published. The numbers of words in Early Modern English and Late Modern English differ.Late Modern English has a lot more words because of two main factors:firstly,the Industrial Revolution created a need for new words;secondly,the British Empire covered one quarter of the earth’s surface,and the English language took in foreign words from many countries. From around 1600,the English colonization(殖民地化)of North America resulted in the creation of American English.Some English pronunciation and words froze when they reached America.In some ways,American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English.Some expressions that the British call “ Americanisms” are in fact original(原先的)British expressions that were preserved(保存)in the colonies but were lost in Britain.Spanish also had an influence on American English,with words like canyon,ranch,stampede and vigilante being examples of Spanish words that entered English.French words and West African words also influenced American English. Today,American English is the most influential(有影响力的).But there are many other kinds of English around the world,including Australian English,New Zealand English,Canadian English,South African English,Indian English and Caribbean English.They have differences. 【文章大意】英语随着时间的变化而变化,现代英语和中世纪的英语也有不同,因为社会变革英语吸收了不同语言的词汇。如今英语已经成为世界性的语言,带有更多的地域色彩。 1.What can we know from Paragraph 1? A.The dialect of Lo