2013同等学力英语专项练习—阅读一.pdfVIP

PassageOne PassageOne PPaassssaaggeeOOnnee The English language isspoken orread bythe largest number ofpeople in theworld, forhistorical, political, and economic reasons; but it may also be true that it owes something of its wide appeal to qualities and characteristics inherent in itself. What are these characteristic features which outstand in making the English language what it is, which give it its individuality and make it of thisworldwidesignificance? First and most important is extraordinary receptive and adaptable — it has taken to itself material from almost everywhere in the worldand hasmade the new elements oflanguage its own. English, which when the Anglo-Saxons first conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries was almost a pure or unmixed language—which could make new words for new ideas from its own compoundedelements. A second outstanding characteristic of English is its simplicity and the relationship of words in a sentencewithonlytheminimumofchange intheirshapesorvariationofendings. AthirdqualityofEnglishisits relativelyfixedwordorder. （177words） 1.This passage isprimarilyconcernedwith____. A.reasonsforthepopularityofEnglish B.Englishlanguage haslargest number ofpeopleintheworld C.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptableofEnglishlanguage D.characteristicofEnglish 2.What arethemostimportantcharacteristicfeaturesofEnglish? A.thelargest number ofpeople B.historical,political, andeconomicreasons C.extraordinaryreceptiveandadaptable D.worldwidesignificance 3.Where hasEnglishtakenitself material? A.everywhereintheworld B.theAnglo-Saxons C.apureorunmixedlanguage D. manyplacesintheworld 4.Accordingtothetext,Englandwas once___ A.conqueredbysomeforeigners.B. defeatedbytheAnglo-Saxons. C.acolonyoftheAnglo-Saxons.D.mixedwiththeAnglo-Saxons. 5.Which ofthefollowingisNOT thecharacteristicofEnglishlanguage? A.simple B.widespread C.pure D.relatively fixedwordorder 1 5ACDAC