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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,you’dprobablyonlybeabletounderstandafewwordslike“a”or“the”.Onlyaboutone-sixtho

2、ftoday’sEnglishwordshaveanOldEnglishroot,withtheresthavingforeigninfluences.GraduallyOldEnglishturnedintotheMiddleEnglishthatChaucerwrotein—butstilltheofficiallanguageofEnglandwasFrench!Itwasonlyin1362,duringChaucer’slifetime,thatEnglishwasusedattheopeningofParli

3、ament（议会）forthefirsttime.Duringthesameyearalawcalledthe“Statuteofpleading”waspassedmakingEnglishtheofficiallanguageinParliament.In1399,KingHenryIVbecamethefirstkingofEnglandaftertheNormanConquestwhosemothertonguewasEnglish.Englishwasstillalanguageoflowstatus（地位）—

4、especiallywhenitcametowritingpoetryDuringthe14thcentury,theItaliansandFrenchwerecreative.GreatpoetslikeDantewerewritingintotallynewways.ButEnglishhadnosuchgreatwriters.ThiswaswhereChaucermadeadifference.Hetookthelanguageofthemaninthestreetandturneditintomanyfamou

5、sworks,suchasTheCanterburyTales.ChaucerprovedpoetrywritteninEnglishcouldbeeverybitasgoodasbooksinFrench.Ofcourse,theEnglishlanguagehascontinuedtochangesinceChaucer’sday.Forexample,Shakespeare’sEnglishisquitedifferentfromChaucer’s.Anditisstillchangingnow.Untiljust

6、afewyearsago,“CUL8R”（seeyoulater）wasjustasetoflettersandnumbersandnumbers,butnowmostpeopleknowwhatitmeans!25.WhathappenedduringChaucer’slifetime?]A.OldEnglishbegantoturnintotheMiddleEnglish.B.English’sstatuswasgreatlyimproved.C.EnglishwasusedonlyinParliament.D.En

7、glishkingsusuallyspokeEnglish.26.WhywasChaucersogreat?A.HefirstusedformalEnglishtowrite.B.HehadabiginfluenceonpoetslikeDante.C.HewasapioneerinwritingEnglishpoems.D.HeencouragedpeopletoreadbooksinFrench.27.WhydidtheauthorgivetheexampleofShakespeare’sEnglish?A.Toex

8、plainEnglishisalwayschanging.B.ToexplainhowtheMiddleEnglishchanged.C.ToshowShakespeare’sEnglishisunusual.D.Toshowhowpeoplerespondtonewwords.28.Howisthetextdeve