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Today,when English is one of the major languages in the world, it requires an effort of the imagination to realize that this is relatively recent thing-that in Shakespeare's time,for example,only a few million people spoke,and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe,and was unknown to the rest of the world.
English has become a world language because of its establishment as a mother tongue outside England,in all the continents of the world. This exporting of English began in the seventeenth century,with the first settlements in the United States,assisted by massive immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,that has given the English language its present standing in the world.
1. English was spoken by a few million people in Shakespeare's time...T....
2. It is considered as a mother language outside England....T...
3. English was spoken in North America in the seventeenth century....F.....
4. Most of the immigration in the USA do not speak English......F....
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An important development of English outside Great Britain occurred ..with(1).. the colonization of North American. American English may be considered to ..include(2).. the English spoken in Canada, ..although(3).. the Canadian variety retains some features of British pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary. The most distinguishing differences ...between...(4)... American English and British English are in pronunciation and vocabulary. The slighter differences ..(5).. in spelling, pitch and stress as well.
..written.(6).. American English is also has a tendency to be more rigid in matters of grammar and syntax, but at the same .time.(7) appears to be more tolerant of the use of neologisms. Despite these differences, it is often difficult to determine - apart from context - ...wheather...(8).. serious literary works ....have....(9).. been written in Great Britain or the U.S/ Canada or , for that matter, in Australia, New Zealand, .......or....(10).. Afria.
Fill in each blank with one suitable word
For hundreds of years English was spoken (1)..popularly.... by the inhabitants of English. After the discovery of the New World, (2)..then..... , English gradually (3)..effected.... to North America, to Australia (4)...and..... Mew Zealand, to Africa and (5)..... of Asia. Today around 230 million people (6)...learn..... English as a first language, and nearly too (7)........ more speak it as a (8)......... or auxiliary language
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Like other languages , english is always changing , but it changes very slowly . people invent new words , borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of words as needed . for example , the english word " byte " was invented by computer specialists in 1959 . the word " tomato " was borrowed from nahuati . the work " meat " once referred to food in general . people learn english as well as languages by listening , copying what they hear , and using the language . most school children learn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well
Answwer :
a. Is english always changing ?
=> Yes, it is.
b. How does english change?
=> It changes very slowly .
c. How can people learn english ?
=> People learn english as well as languages by listening , copying what they hear , and using the language .
d. Who learn their first language easily?
=> School children learn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well.
English is the most widely spoken language in the world 0…P…
Today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English has 00…a..
become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperato 1. The
which was especially written for to be as easy as possible 2. for
for people to learn, and yet the Esperato is spoken by very 3. the
few people around the world. For many people, English is not as 4. (correct)
more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for 5. more
French to cach up with English as an international language. 6. (correct)
German is the a useful language if you are in business 7. the
in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, 8. so
and people say it doesn’t sound as if pleasant as English. 9. if
English has become so important that it is becoming the more 10. the
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.
Cloze tests
A. Complete the passage with the words in the box
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Great words of vocabulary Write between spelling say |
The differences (1) between American English and British English are not as (2) great as the differences in Chinese dialects. Two (3)of the differences between American English and British English are (4)vocabulary and spelling. In American English we (5) say elevator, truck, and apartment. The British say lift, lorry and flat. Another difference is (6) spelling . In American English we (7)write honor, meter, and realize. In British English, these (8)words are honour, metre, and realise
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B. Read the passage and choose the best answers
In other words, language is not necessarily the private property of those (1)........ use it, just as French is not the private property of (2)........ , nor English of Englishmen. English is spoken as a first (3).......... in the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in other areas of the (4)...... . It is unreasonable to regard any language as the (5)......... of a particular nation, and with no language is more unreasonable (6)......... with English. This is not to say that English is used by a greater number of (7)....... than any other language, for it is easily outnumnered in this respect by Chinese. But it is the most (8)......... of lamguages
1. A. Which B. Who C. Whom D. Whosr
2. A. Americans B. Dutchmen C. Englishmen D. Frenchmen
3. A. Language B. Luggage C. Baggage D. Country
4. A.Worth B. Work C. Word D. World
5. A. Possession B. Possessive C. Importance D. Necessity
6. A. That B. Than C. As D. So
7. A. Speakers B. Speaker C. Writers D. Writer
8. A. National B. International C. Conpulsory D. Official
In other words, language is not necessarily the private property of those (1)........ use it, just as French is not the private property of (2)........ , nor English of Englishmen. English is spoken as a first (3).......... in the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in other areas of the (4)...... . It is unreasonable to regard any language as the (5)......... of a particular nation, and with no language is more unreasonable (6)......... with English. This is not to say that English is used by a greater number of (7)....... than any other language, for it is easily outnumnered in this respect by Chinese. But it is the most (8)......... of lamguages
1. A. Which B. Who C. Whom D. Whosr
2. A. Americans B. Dutchmen C. Englishmen D. Frenchmen
3. A. Language B. Luggage C. Baggage D. Country
4. A.Worth B. Work C. Word D. World
5. A. Possession B. Possessive C. Importance D. Necessity
6. A. That B. Than C. As D. So
7. A. Speakers B. Speaker C. Writers D. Writer
8. A. National B. International C. Conpulsory D. Official
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of (56)_________ speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today (57)_______ around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman (58)______ of 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not (59)______ even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. (60)________, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary (61)________. Thus small enclaves of English speakers became establish work and grew in (62)________ parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy. Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored (63)________ computer systems worldwide is in English. Two (64)________ of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there (65)________ more than 700 million English users in the world.
56. A. a few B. few C. some D. a lot
57. A. hailed B. frequented C. emerged D. engaged
58. A. invader B. invasion C. invade D. invasive
59. A. experienced B. conferred C. stretched D. extended
60. A. Therefore B. However C. So D. but
61. A. work B. job C. employment D. career
62. A. various B. variety C. varying D. varied
63. A. in B. on C. into D. onto
64. A. third B. thirds C. threes D. three
65. A. have been B. has been C. is D. are
III. Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to each of the following questions. (10 points)
My lawyer, Mr. Turner, is the only man I know who has seen a ghost. He is a quiet even-tempered man whose life is spent in dealing with facts. He is the last person in the world to give way to fantasy. He has a wife and two children of whom he is proud, takes a modest holiday abroad every year and spends his Sundays gardening. He is knowledgeable about art and architecture, though he doesn’t pretend to be an expert by any means. It is, therefore, all the more surprising that he should be so insistent about the ghost. It happened, so he says, like this: He was travelling from London to the north of England by train. It was a misty November evening and the train was half empty. In fact, for the first part of the journey Mr. Turner had the carriage to himself and sat dozing over a newspaper. However, at the first stop a passenger jumped in, slamming the door behind him. He seemed out of his breath as if he had been running. He was a striking looking young man with dark, bushy hair and bright intelligent eyes. He was dressed rather oddly in a long waistcoat with silver buttons, tight trousers and embroidered waistcoat. Mr. Turner didn’t pay much attention to this because people wear all sorts of extravagant clothes these days and he had long grown accustomed to them. Presently, the two men got into conversation, as people do on long journeys. Mr. Turner was interested to discover that the young man was very knowledgeable about art – in particular portraits. His name, he said, was Joseph Hart, and he was on his way to visit an exhibition. It seemed that he worked in a famous London Art Gallery – a picture restorer, perhaps, thought Mr. Turner, he seemed to know a great deal about varnishes and paints, and even more about the subjects of certain portraits. When Mr. Turner asked his opinion of the portrait of a famous judge by an artist he admired, his companion laughed and said: “He’s only a reproduction – a good one I agree but you can’t talk to a reproduction”. He spoke as though the person in the portrait were still living. After a while the carriage got hot and steamy and Mr. Turner dropped off. He woke up just as the train was drawing up at a junction with a grinding of brakes. His companion had disappeared. A few days later, having returned to London, Mr. Turner found himself near the Art Gallery. Moved by some impulse, he went in and inquired for Joseph Hart. The attendant directed him to a room devoted to early nineteenth century portraits of well-known men. There was no one in the room and Mr. Turner looked around him. Without knowing quite how he had got there, he found himself standing in front of a full-length portrait of a young dark man in tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. The eyes smiled at him with a hint of amusement. The name-plate at the foot of the picture read: Joseph Hart, Gentleman, 1800-1835.
66. What kind of person was Mr. Turner?
A. Imaginative B. Fantastic C. Sensible D. Insensitive
67. Although he was a lawyer, Mr. Turner_________.
A. pretended to know a lot about art. B. knew something about art C. pretended to take interest in art. D. intended to learn more about art.
68. When the passenger entered Mr. Turner’s department, ________.
A. he was panting B. he was running C. the train was just training D. the carriage was half-empty.
69. The passenger’s clothes didn’t seem strange to Mr. Turner because ________.
A. he was used to wearing strange clothes. B. he liked people who wore strange clothes
C. everyone he knew wore strange clothes. D. he had seen a lot of people in strange clothes
61. Mr. Turner thought the young man might _______.
A. be an art dealer B. be an art expert C. renew old pictures D. paint reproductions of old pictures
62. Why wouldn’t the young man give an opinion on the portrait of the judge?
A. The judge wasn’t alive. B. The judge was still alive. C. The picture was a copy. D. He hadn’t seen it.
63. When did Mr. Turner first realize that the passenger had gone?
A. When the train started. B. After the train had stopped.
C. Just before the train stopped. D. When the train was leaving the station.
64. Why did Mr. Turner go into the Art Gallery?
A. He was walking past there. B. He had never been there before.
C. He has planned to do so D. He suddenly decided to.
65. In the part of the Gallery that Mr. Turner was directed to, ________.
A. there were a lot of pictures of unknown people B. there were a lot of nineteenth century people
C. no one else was looking at the pictures D. he only saw one portrait
66. When Mr. Turner looked the portrait of Joseph Hart, _______.
A. he smiled at it B. he thought it smiled at him C. he didn’t recognize it D. he was amused
Question 2 (10 points). Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in ‘Your answers’ part. Number 0 and 00 have been done for you.
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
0. English is the most widely spoken language in the world ..........√.............
00.today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English language has ..........a...........
1. become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperanto, .........The.............
2. which was especially written for to be as easy as possible ............not.........
3. for people to learn, and yet Esperanto is spoken by very ...........√..........
4. few people around the world. For many people, English is not as ............more...........
5. more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for ............such..............
6. French to catch up with English as an international language. ............√.............
7. German is the a useful language if you are in business ..........so...............
8. in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, ............been..........
9. and people say it doesn't sound as if pleasant as English. .........√............
10. English has been become so important that it is becoming the more ..........as...............
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job
B. READING
English began as a West Germanic language which was brought to England around 400 AD. Old English was the spoken and written language of England between 400 and 1100AD. But Old English was very different from modern English and only a few words can be easily identified. English from about 1300 to 1500 is known as Middle English. It was influenced by French and Latin in vocabulary and pronunciation. Modern English developed from the Middle English dialect of the East Midlands and was influenced by the English used in London, where a printing press was set up in 1476. The development of printing helped establish standards of spelling grammar, but there remained a lot of variation.
True or False.
_F___ 1. English was invented by the inhabitants.
_F___ 2. Old English was spoken and written from 1100 to 1300.
__F__ 3. Old English was the same as the language at present.
__T_ 4. The development of printing helped establish standards of spelling grammar.
C. WRITING: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one:
1.I’m sorry, I can’t help you
I wish ……I could help you………………………………………………………………...
2. The club has postponed the match.
The match……has been postponed…………………………………………………………….
3. “Do you want time to type your report?” Tom asked Sussan
Tom asked Sussan ………if she wanted time to type her report……………………………………………….
4. Nam said “I’m going to visit my aunt tomorrow”
Nam said ….…he was going to visit his aunt the day after………………………………………………………………
5. didn’t/young people/ use to/ in / computer games / the past/ play /
.. Young people didn't used to play computer games in the past..............................................................................................................