第二章
I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.
1. The following languages are all Germanic except
A. Dutch B. Flemish C. Norwegian D. Spanish
2. The early inhabitants of the British Isles spoke
最后一滴泪 A. English B. Celtic本亮大叔 C. Scandinavian D. Hellenic
3. Words such as crag, bin and Avon are from
A. Latin B. Greek C. Celtic D. Anglo-Saxon
4. The Indo-European is made up of most of the languages of Europe,
A. the Far East and the Near East B. the Far East and the Middle East
C. the Near East and India D. India and North Africa
5. The prehistoric Indo-European parent language is thought to be a/an language.
A. analytic B. inflected C. isolating D. agglutinative
6. belong to the Western set of the Indo-European language family.
C. Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic and Italic D. Scandinavian, Germanic, Albanian and Armenian
7. In the Western set of the Indo-European language family, Greek is the modern language derived from
A. Hellenic B. Scandinavian C. Italic D. Celtic
守着你到永久8. In the Celtic, we find , etc.
A. Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Icelandic B. Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton
C. Flemish, Scottish, Breton, Dutch D. Norwegian, Irish, Breton, Welsh
9. Anglo-Saxon dominated and almost totally blotted out in Old English period.
A. Scandinavian B. Swedish C. Sanskrit D. Celtic
10. Old English is a highly language just like modern German.
A. agglutinative B. analytic C. isolating D. inflected
11. As a basic word, "father" is borrowed from
A. Scandinavian B. Greek C. French D. Latin
12. The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of words into English.
A. Latin B. Greek C. Danish D. French
13. Handbook is a word created by combing
A. two native words B. a native word and a loan word
C. two loan words D. a Celtic word and an Anglo-Saxon word
14. It is estimated that at least 采蘑菇的小姑娘儿歌words of Scandinavian origin have survived in modern English.
A. 1000 B .900 C. 100O0 D. 8O0
15. Between 1250 and 1500 about French words poured into English.
A. 900 B. 900O C. 100O0 D. 12000
16. All of the following words are from Dutch except.
A. boom B. easel C. stoop D. shirt
17. Old English was a language of _ endings, and Middle English was one of endings.
A. full, leveled B. leveled, full C. partial, leveled D. full, partial
愚公移山歌词18. Since the beginning of the 20~ century, particularly after World War II, although borrowing remains a channel of English vocabulary expansion, more words are created by means of
A. analogy B. word-formation C. transfer D. conversion
19. English has evolved from a _ language (Old English) to the present language.
A. analytic, synthetic B. synthetic, analytic C. agglutinative, analytic D. isolating, synthetic
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