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民勤一中2018-2019学年度第一学期第一次月考试卷

高一英语命题人：李英

阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

TheEnglishlanguagestartedabout1,500yearsagoinEngland.Threegroupsofpeoplecametothecountry.TheyweretheAngles,theSaxons,andtheJutes.ThesethreegroupsbroughttheirlanguageswiththemtoEngland-Aftersometime,thethreelanguagesbecameonenew-language-English.Thename“English”comesfromtheAngles.TheylivedinmostofEngland.“England”means“AngleLand”or“CountryoftheAngles”.

Thelanguagethatwespeaktoday－ModernEnglish－isnotthesameastheEnglishthatpeopleusedmanyyearsago,includingOldEnglish(before1150)andMiddleEnglish(uptill1500).Thatlanguage—OldEnglish—soundsdifferent,andithassomedifferentrulesofgrammar.TherewereonlyafewthousandwordsinOldEnglish.ButModernEnglishdoescomefromOldEnglish,anditisstilllikeitinmanyimportantways.

1.WhendidModernEnglishstart？

A.Abouttheyear1150. B.Beforetheyear1500.

C.Betweentile12thcenturyandtile16thcentury. D.Abouttheyear1500.

2.HowmanylanguagesdidOldEnglishcomefrom？

A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.

3.Whichlanguagedidthename“English”comefrom？

A.ModernEnglish. B.TheAngles. C.TheJutes. D.TheSaxons.

4.Accordingtothepassage,ModernEnglishdiffersfromOldEnglishin_______.

A.grammar B.pronunciation C.words D.Alloftheabove

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE？

A.ModernEnglishhasnothingtodowithOldEnglish.

B.ModernEnglishhasmorewordsthanOldEnglish.

C.ModernEnglishhasavocabularytwiceaslargeasOldEnglish.

D.ThereisnodifferencebetweenOldEnglishandMiddleEnglish.

B

Henryfoundworkinabookstoreafterhefinishedmiddleschool.Hewouldn’tdoanythingbutwantedtogetrich.MrKingthoughthewastoolazyandwasgoingtosendhimaway.Henrywasafraidandhadtoworkhard.

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