Question

7．The English language is a result of the invasions of the island of Britain over many hundreds of years．The invaders lived along the northern coast of Europe．
（36）C The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel．Later two more groups crossed to Britain．They were the Saxons and the Jutes．Through many years，the Saxons，Angles and Jutes mixed their different languages．The result is what is called Anglo-Saxon or old English．
The next great invasion of Britain came from the far north beginning about l，100 years ago．People called Vikings came to the coastal areas of Britain．（37）G Words like"sky"，"leg"，"skull"，"egg"，"lift"and"take"are from the old languages of the far northern countries．
 The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago，in 1066．（38）F．William the Conqueror led it．
The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France．They became the new rulers of Britain．These new rulers spoke only French for several hundred years．It was the most important language in the world at that time．（39）B But the common people of Britain still spoke old English．
 Old English took many words from the Norman French．Some of these include"damage"，"prison"and"marriage"．The French language used by the Norman rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken by 800 years ago．（40）A． Middle English sounds like modern English．But it is very difficult to understand now．The history of the English language continues as Middle English becomes Modern English，which is spoken today．

A．History experts call this invasion the Norman Conquest．
B．It was the language of educated people．
C．English became what language experts call Middle English．
D．Therefore most common people speak the language．
E．Few people spoke Middle English at that time．
F．Many English words used today come from these ancient Vikings．
G．The first invasions were by a people called Angles about l，500 years ago．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要介紹了英語(yǔ)的起源和發(fā)展歷史．英語(yǔ)是幾百年間不斷有人入侵英國(guó)的結(jié)果．最先入侵英國(guó)的是德國(guó)的一個(gè)叫Angles的部落，接著是Saxons和Jutes．第四次入侵英國(guó)的是北歐海盜，第五次是法國(guó)的諾曼人．對(duì)英語(yǔ)影響最大的是法語(yǔ)，英語(yǔ)中的許多詞匯都來(lái)自法語(yǔ)．

解答 36．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù) 后文The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel．Later two more groups crossed to Britain可知英語(yǔ)成了語(yǔ)言專家所說(shuō)的中古英語(yǔ)；故選C．
37．G．推理判斷題．根據(jù)后文Words like"sky"，"leg"，"skull"，"egg"，"lift"and"take"are from the old languages of the far northern countries可知第一次入侵是500年前一個(gè)叫Angles 的人所說(shuō)的；故選G．
38．F．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago，in 1066可知今天使用的許多英語(yǔ)單詞來(lái)自這些古代維京人；故選F．
39．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文These new rulers spoke only French for several hundred years．It was the most important language in the world at that time可知這是受過(guò)教育的人的語(yǔ)言；故選B．
40．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文The French language used by the Norman rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken by 800 years ago可知?dú)v史專家稱這次入侵為Norman Conquest；故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 七選五閱讀是完成性閱讀，和完形填空很類似，不同的是一個(gè)選詞，一個(gè)選句子．解題時(shí)，要注意上下文語(yǔ)境，充分考慮信息詞（選項(xiàng)中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的詞），選出最符合語(yǔ)境的句子．