英语强化练习五

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1、高三英语强化练习五阅读理解Ifyouweretotravelbackintimetothetenthcentury,youprobablywouldn'tbeabletounderstandasentencethatanyonesaidtoyou.They'dbespeakingOldEnglish.Talkingtoatenth-centuryEnglishman,yoifdprobablyonlybeabletounderstandafewwordslikeor“the”.Onlyaboutone-sixth

2、oftodaysEnglishwordshaveanOldEnglishroot,withtheresthavingforeigninfluences.GraduallyOldEnglishturnedintotheMiddleEnglishthatChaucerwrotein一butstilltheofficiallanguageofEnglandwasFrench!Itwasonlyin1362,duringChaucer^slifetime,thatEnglishwasusedattheopeningofP

3、arliament（议会）forthefirsttime.Duringthesameyearalawcalledthe"Statuteofpleading^waspassedmakingEnglishtheofficiallanguageinParliament.In1399,KingHenryIVbecamethefirstkingofEnglandaftertheNormanConquestwhosemothertonguewasEnglish.Englishwasstillalanguageoflowsta

4、tus（地位）一speciallywhenitcametowritingpoetryDuringthe14lhcentury,theItaliansandFrenchwerecreative.GreatpoetslikeDantewerewritingintotallynewways.ButEnglishhadnosuchgreatwriters.ThiswaswhereChaucermadeadifference.Hetookthelanguageofthemaninthestreetandturneditin

5、tomanyfamousworks,suchasTheCanterburyTales.ChaucerprovedpoetrywritteninEnglishcouldbeeverybitasgoodasbooksinFrench・Ofcourse,theEnglishlanguagehascontinuedtochangesinceChaucer'sday.Forexample,Shakespeare^EnglishisquitedifferentfromChaucer^s.Anditisstillchangin

6、gnow.Untiljustafewyearsago/'CUL8R^（seeyoulater）wasjustasetoflettersandnumbersandnumbers,butnowmostpeopleknowwhatitmeans!25.WhathappenedduringChaucer'slifetime?]A.OldEnglishbegantoturnintotheMiddleEnglish.B.English'sstatuswasgreatlyimproved.C.Englishwasusedonl

7、yinParliament.D.EnglishkingsusuallyspokeEnglish.26.WhywasChaucersogreat?A.HefirstusedformalEnglishtowrite.B.HehadabiginfluenceonpoetslikeDante.C.HewasapioneerinwritingEnglishpoems.D・HeencouragedpeopletoreadbooksinFrench.27.WhydidtheauthorgivetheexampleofShake

8、speare^sEnglish?A.ToexplainEnglishisalwayschanging.B.ToexplainhowtheMiddleEnglishchanged.C.ToshowShakespeare^sEnglishisunusual.D.Toshowhowpeoplerespondtonewwords.28.Howisthetextdeveloped?