牛津英语 模块三unit 2 reading 学案.docVIP

牛津高中英语同步精讲精练 Part One：Vocabulary 1. China is a great nation, ________up of 56 peoples. 2. Mr. Oliver ________ an important position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is ________in meeting important figures nearly everyday. 3. H2O ______for water, which ______of hydrogen and oxygen. 4. He ______ it after the legendary King of Crete who appears in Greek mythology by the ______ of Minos. 5. ______ from being fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill. 6. Her work has ____________ to our understanding of what effect cigarette smoking has on us, which most people believe is a major factor ______________to cancer. 7. Our basketball team suffered another _______, _______ by our opponent by 10 points. 8.His careless driving nearly ________ to there being a traffic accident. 9. The salesgirl said she would _______ the TV set if we were not satisfied. 10.All of the flowers now ______ here have developed from those they once grew in the forest. Part Two：Fill the blanks using the proper words according to the text ________ history, people from different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain and brought the grammar and vocabulary ________ of the English language, ________ is why English has so many confusing rules. Old English Old English _____ from ______ we speak nowadays. Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke a language _____ Celtic. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings ______ Britain. By the 10th century, Old English had become the ______language of England. Middle English Middle English is the name _____ to the English _____ from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things affected the development of English, of ______ the Normans made the most important _______ to it. However, the Norman Conquest had ______ effect on English than that the Angles did some 600 years earlier, which led to Old English ______Celtic. On the other hand, both French and English words having the similar meaning ______ to