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高中英语人教版必修五Unit4Makingthenews同步练习(2)（I）卷

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一、阅读选择(共3题；共24分)

1.（8分）(2018高二下·仙桃期末)阅读理解

YoumaybesurprisedtolearnthatEnglishgets30to45percentofitswordsfromFrench.Thereasongoesbacktotheyear1066,whenNormanforcesinvaded（入侵）whatisnowBritain.TheNormanswerefromnorthernFranceandspokeFrench.DuringtheNormanoccupation,FrenchbecamethelanguageofEnglandsrulersandwealthyclass.Thislastedformorethan300years.OtherpeopleinEnglandcontinuedtospeakEnglishduringthisperiod.

Overtime,thetwolanguagescombinedandsharedwords.Someresearchersbelievethatabout10,000FrenchwordseventuallyenteredtheEnglishlanguage.However,althoughEnglishtookmanyFrenchwords,theirmeaningshavenotalwaysstayedthesame.Sometimesthedifferencesinmeaningscanbeveryimportant,andleadtofunnyorstrangesituationsifthewordsareusedinthewrongway.

Take,forexample,theFrenchwordcollege.InEnglish,collegecanoftenbeusedinplaceoftheworduniversity,orsometimesasaschoolwithinauniversity.However,inFrench,collegeactuallymeans“middleschool”,orthelevelofschoolingforstudentsingradesfiveorsixthrougheight.

Therearemanyothersimilarwordsinthetwolanguageswithcompletelydifferentmeanings.InEnglish,thewordchatisaverbwhichmeans“totalkcasually”;butinFrench,thewordchatisthewordforananimal:acat.

IfanEnglishspeakersayssomeoneisjolly,thatmeanstheyarecheerfulorfriendly.ButinFrench,joliemeanssomeoneisgood-lookingorpleasanttolookat.Inanycase,botharenicethingstosaytosomeone.

（1）WhatdoestheauthorstressabouttheFrenchwordsinEnglish?

A.Theirspellingforms.

B.Theirchangesinhistory.

C.TheirpuzzlesforEnglish.

D.Theirdifferentmeanings.

（2）WhatdoesaFrenchmanmeanifhesayshelikesachat?