2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：阅读理解59.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：阅读理解 English is a mixture of many different languages. Because of this, the vocabulary of the English language is very large. It is much larger than almost any other language in the world. Many English words came from Latin, the old language of Rome, and Greek. From Latin we get words like wine, use and day. From Greek we have words such as photograph, bible(圣经) and ink. Because these two languages are extinct (过时的), the words have more often come through other languages such as French, or the old German language. There are also words from both Greek and Latin combined-television, for example, tele is Greek for far and vision comes from Latin meaning seeing. Many common English words came from other different places. Tea is from China, banana from west Africa. Potato from the island of Haiti (海地) in the West Indies (西印度群岛), and tomato from Mexico. One reason why the English language came from different languages is that many nations had invaded (侵略)Britain before. Two thousand years ago Romans came from Italy, and stayed for over four hundred years. After they left, came the Anglos (盎格鲁人), Saxons (撒克逊人) and Jutes(朱特人) from the northern part of Germany. In the ninth and tenth centuries Scandinavians (斯堪的纳维亚人) invaded the northern and eastern parts of the country. Finally, in the eleventh century William of Normandy (诺曼底) came from France, and became the King of England. Thus the French civilization (文明) and the French language were introduced into Britain. 86. Which two languages are extinct? A. English and French. B. Roman and Greek. C. Latin and Greek. D. French and German. 87. The vocabulary of the English language is large because ________ . A. the English do not like to speak other language B. it came from different languages C. many English words come from Latin D. Britain has a long history 88. The old Romans spoke ________ . A. Latin B. Italian C. French D. Greek 89. Which of the following about television is TRUE? A. It