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    Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.

There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families. (词数155)

1.The early language had ________.

A.a lot of problems

B.words and easy grammar

C.words but no grammar

D.grammar but not many words

2. In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.

A.stay exactly the same

B.change a great deal

C.change only a little

D.ask more words and drop some grammar

3.What this article shows is that _____.

A.languages change fast

B.languages really don't want to change

C.language really with changes in society

D.Spanish and English change

 

1.D 2.B 3.C 【解析】略
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1.

A.not

B.quite

C.only

D.very

 

2.

A.difficult

B.important

C.necessary

D.easy

 

3.

A.native

B.foreign

C.useful

D.mother

 

4.

A.learning

B.enjoying

C.trying

D.liking

 

5.

A.questions

B.problems

C.ideas

D.answers

 

6.

A.found

B.watched

C.noticed

D.known

 

7.

A.knowledge

B.time

C.money

D.English

 

8.

A.make

B.help

C.let

D.allow

 

9.

A.From

B.On

C.Since

D.After

 

10.

A.spelling

B.grammar

C.English

D.pronunciation

 

11.

A.happened

B.looked

C.seemed

D.felt

 

12.

A.know

B.remember

C.understand

D.think

 

13.

A.students

B.children

C.babies

D.grown-ups

 

14.

A.Imagine

B.Mind

C.Do

D.Think of

 

15.

A.using

B.thinking

C.trying

D.practicing

 

16.

A.time

B.money

C.language

D.practice

 

17.

A.hard

B.easy

C.funny

D.silly

 

18.

A.depends

B.tries

C.has

D.takes

 

19.

A.uses

B.takes

C.gets

D.costs

 

20.

A.do

B.work

C.help

D.master

 

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