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第二章 I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1. The following languages are all Germanic except A. Dutch B. Flemish C. Norwegian D. Spanish 2. The early inhabitants of the British Isles spoke A. English B. Celtic C. Scandinavian D. Hellenic 3. Words such as crag, bin and Avon are from A. Latin B. Greek C. Celtic D. Anglo-Saxon 4. The Indo-European is made up of most of the languages of Europe, A. the Far East and the Near East B. the Far East and the Middle East C. the Near East and India D. India and North Africa 5. The prehistoric Indo-European parent language is thought to be a/an language. A. analytic B. inflected C. isolating D. agglutinative 6. belong to the Western set of the Indo-European language family. A. Hellenic, Germanic, Hindi and Celtic B. Germanic, Persian, Albanian and Indo-Iranian C. Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic and Italic D. Scandinavian, Germanic, Albanian and Armenian 7. In the Western set of the Indo-European language family, Greek is the modern language derived from A. Hellenic B. Scandinavian C. Italic D. Celtic 8. In the Celtic, we find , etc. A. Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Icelandic B. Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton C. Flemish, Scottish, Breton, Dutch D. Norwegian, Irish, Breton, Welsh 9. Anglo-Saxon dominated and almost totally blotted out in Old English period. A. Scandinavian B. Swedish C. Sanskrit D. Celtic 10. Old English is a highly language just like modern German. A. agglutinative B. analytic C. isolating D. inflected 11. As a basic word, father is borrowed from A. Scandinavian B. Greek C. French D. Latin 12. The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of