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PAGE PAGE 1班级：　　　　　　　　　　姓名：　　　　　　　　座号：ＢＯＯＫ１ＵＮＩＴ２READING１．Choose the main idea of the text.A. How to learn English wellB. The brief history of Modern EnglishC. The way to England D. The difference between Modern English and Old English２．English has/had the most speakers ___.A. nowB. when the British ruled many parts of the worldC. in the time of ShakespeareD. in the 12th century３. Which of the following statement is true?A. Languages always stay the sameB. Languages change only after warsC. Languages no longer changeD. Languages change when cultures change４．From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like _____? A. French B. Chinese C. German D. Russian５．Shakespeare’s English was spoken around ______? A. 1400’s 　　B. 1150’s C. 450’s 　D. 1600’s６．Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world? A. Australia　　　B.　China C. India　　　　　D.　Britain７．The English between AD 450 and 1150 was based more on _______.　　From AD 800 to 1150, those who ruled England spoke first _______ and later _______.　　At the end of the 16th century, about _________________ people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England.　　In 1620 some British settlers moved to ________. In the 18th century, some British people were taken to __________. English began to be spoken in both countries.　　English is also spoken as a foreign or ______ language in many other countries in Africa and ___________.　　Today, the number of people learning English in China is increasing _______. As a matter of fact, China８．True (T) or false (F) 1). Chinese English has become one of the world Englishes.2). Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was less like German, and more like French. 3). It is The American Dictionary of the English Language that gives American English spelling its own identity. 4). English is spoken as the first language in Singapore and Malaysia.９．Retell the textAt first, only people in ________ spoke English. Later, peopl