The English language started about 1500 years ago in England. Three groups of people came to the country. They were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. These three groups brought their languages with them to England. After some time, the three languages became one new language—English. The name "English" comes from the Angles. They lived in most of England. "England" means "Angle Land" or "Country of the Angles".
　　The language that we speak today—Modern English—is not the same as the English that people used 1500 years ago, including Old English（before ll50）and Middle English（up till 1500）. That language—Old English—sounds different, and it has some different rules of grammar. There were only a few thousand words in Old English. But Modern English does come from Old English, and it is still like it in many important ways.
小題1:When did Modern English start?
A．About the year 1150.
B．Before the year 1500.
C．Between the 12th century and the 16th century.
D．About 1500 years ago.
小題2:How many languages did Old English come from?
A．One.B．Two.C．Three.D．Four.
小題3:Which language did the name "English" come from?
A．Modern English.B．The Angles.C．The Jutes.D．The Saxons.
小題4:According to the passage, Modern English differs from Old English in ________.
A．grammar　　B．pronunciationC．wordsD．All of the above
小題5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Modern English has nothing to do with Old English.
B．Modern English has more words than Old English.
C．Modern English has a vocabulary（詞匯量）twice as large as old English.
D．There is no difference between Old English and Middle English.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一句The English language started about 1500 years ago in England.說明D正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第2句These three groups brought their languages with them to England.說明一開始的時(shí)候有三種不同的語言，故C正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段3,4行The name "English" comes from the Angles.說明B正確。
小題4:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后三行That language—Old English—sounds different, and it has some different rules of grammar. There were only a few thousand words in Old English.說明在發(fā)音，語法，詞匯這三方面都有區(qū)別，故D正確。
小題5:B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段可知現(xiàn)在的英語包括了古英語，中世紀(jì)的英語，那么現(xiàn)在的英語的詞匯量肯定要比以前大得多，故B正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹了英語的發(fā)展歷史和一些細(xì)節(jié)情況。文章比較簡單，題目設(shè)置中也是細(xì)節(jié)題為主，只要抓住其中的細(xì)節(jié)問題就可以很好的完成全文。
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