Unit+2+话题练习及话题词汇 高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

必修一话题练习一Unit2一用单词的正确形式填空The Historyof EnglishEnglish is nowthe mostcommon language in the world.It isthe firstlanguagein the UK,Ireland,the USA,Canada,New Zealandand Australia.It is also the most popularsecond language,1means English is probablyspoken byover onebillion peoplearound theworld.Buthow didwe arriveat the English wespeak todayThehistory of the English language beginsin the2five centurywith theinvasion ofBritain bythreetribes fromGermany-the Angles,Jutes andSaxons.The originallanguage ofBritain wasan olderEuropeanlanguage3call Celtic.Over time,most of the Celticspeakers4force into the northand westof the BritishIsles.The invadersspoke alanguage5call Anglo-Saxon andmany of the mostcommonwords inEnglish come from this.The Anglo-Saxonword“hus”became“house,scipbecame“ship,cubecamecowand ncildnbecameuchildn.In theeighth andninth centuries,there wereother invasionsby theVikings fromScandinavia..These6bring wordslike“kniF,or“kniffe”,xgg”,or egg”and“kaka,or cakeHinto the Englishlanguage.The lastinvasion ofBritain wasin10667a Frenchduke landedat Hastingsin thesouthof England.After theinvasion of1066,8large numberof French words becamepart oftheEnglish，，language.For exampleJfruit“table“crocodil andinvasion”.In fact,more thana thirdof Englishwordscome fromFrench and9has beenestimated thatEnglish-speaking peoplewho havenever learntFrench alreadyknow15,000Frenchwords.Today,English isalso a10mix ofwords thatcomefromGermany,Scandinavia andmany otherplaces,too.Outside ofthe UnitedKingdom,the useof Englishis growing.It isthe official language ofthe EuropeanUnion,and11use allover theworld forair trafficcontrol.Also Englishis used more than any other重点词汇language on the Internet,ahead ofChinese.大概，或许probably/pro:bobli/adv.十亿billion/bijan/num.侵略，入侵部落，宗族invasion/n ve0an/n.tribe/trab/n.起源，起因origin/brdsn/n.起初的，原先的original/atdsanel/adj.武力入侵，侵略侵略，入侵侵略者invade/n yed/v.invasion/n ve09n/n.invader/n dar/n.duke/duk/n.公爵land v.着陆，降落estimate/!est mat;!est met/v.估计mixture/m kst^r/n.混合体，结合体方言，在网上重点句式dialect/daolekt/n.zh®on theInternet1It meansusing acellphone ina wayshows youdont careabout theother peoplearoundyou.2Englishis usedmorethananyother languageontheInternet,ahead ofChinese.二阅读下面短文，从每题所给的、、四个选项中选出最佳选项A BCDEnglish hasa richhistory datingback tothe5th century.lt isa WestGermanic languagethat wasbrought to Englandby Germanicpeoples,mainly theAngles,the Saxons,and theJutes.The languagecontinuouslydeveloped andwas influenced by varioustypes ofcultures andlanguages untilit becametheEnglish wespeak today.The earliestform of Englishiscalled nAnglo-Saxon，also knownas Old English,which wasspokenin England from aroundthe5th centuryuntil the Norman Conquestin

1066.（复杂的）OldEnglish was heavilyinfluencedbyGermanic languagesand hadlots ofcomplicatedgrammar rules.After theNorman Conquest,English wentthrough greatchanges anddeveloped intoMiddleEnglish,marked bythe introductionoftheFrench vocabulary.English becamemore complicatedat thistime.One ofthemostfamous worksof literaturewritten inMiddle Englishis TheCanterbury TalesbyGeoffrey Chaucer.During theEarly Modern English period,which beganinthelate15th century,the printing press（标准化）was introduced.This greatinvention madethe standardizationofEnglishpossible.The public（读写自旨力）also beganto havebasic literacyskills.During thisperiod,theEnglishvocabularyincreasedwith manynew words borrowed from other languagesandfromscientific andtechnologicaldevelopment.ModernEnglish has beenspreading aroundtheworldsince the17th centurybecause ofthe worldwideinfluenceoftheBritish Empireand the United States.Englishwasenriched to a greaterdegree,resultingin differentvarieties ofthe language,such asCanadian,Australian,and IndianEnglish.Today,English istheofficiallanguageof manyinternational organizations,such astheUnitedNations andtheInternationalOlympic Committee.Englishhasgone throughmany changesover thecenturies andhas becomean importanttool forcommunication,education,and tradein todaysworld.And it is likely to continueto change.

1.Which ofthefollowing isa characteristicof OldEnglishA.Its grammaris hardto understand.B.It wasused forover athousand years.C.Its similartotheEnglish weuse today.D.It wasbroughttoEngland throughtrade2,What canwe knowabout TheCanterbury TalesA.It iseasy toread.B.Its authorisaFrench man.C.It waswritten inMiddle English.D.It waswritten beforetheNormanConquest.

3.What isa keyfactor forthe standardizationof EnglishA.The introductionofthe printingpress.B.The developmentoftheBritish Empire.C.The spreadof literacyamong ordinarypeople.D.The newwordsborrowedfromotherlanguages.

4.How isthe textmainly developedA.By listing examples.B.By makingcomparisons.C.By followinga storylineD.By followingthe time order.重点词汇bring broughtbrought主要地，首要地mainly/menli/adv.连续不断地影响,作用continuously/kon*tnju8sli/adv.influence/nfluans/n.influential/1nflu enj^l/adj.有影响力的各种各样的多样化；种类various/^erias/adj.variety/vataDti/n.Speak spokespoken复杂的complicated/*ka mplke td/adj.经受go through做记号,做标记mark v.介绍，首次引入introduce/intradu s/v.）初次采用；介绍，引见词，匚introduction/1ntrJdAk/s n/n.vocabulary/va kaebjaleri/n.works/w3rks/n.作品；工厂literature/ll trat心（r）/n.文学刷机theprintingpress E[]（品质的）标准,水平,规范使标准化standard/staendard/n.standardize/staendardaz/v.standardization/istaendarda!ze ift/n.标准化basic literacy/1tarasi/基本读写能力增长，增强，增大增长；增长量向某人借某物increase/n kri:s/v.n.borrow sthfrom…scientific/isaen科学的蔓延传播k fk/adj.spread spreadspread/spred/世界范围的，全世界的.使充实，使丰富worldwide/w3Hdiwad/adj.enrich/n%Jv enrichour schoollife充实生活在一定程度上toa...degree正式的，官方的official/JfifM/adj.（）国际的（尤指手用）工具international/1ntar tiaej3nel/adj.tool/tul/n.表达,交流）（尤指学校）教育communication/ka imjun ikeifi/n.education/pdsu ke*a n/n.trade/tred/n.贸易,买卖做买卖，做生意有可能v.itislikelytodo相似Be similarto识字，读写能力literacy/11tarasi/n.listingexamples进彳亍比较make comparisonscomparecomparison按照时间顺序follow thetimeorder参考答案1which2fifth3called4were forced5called6brought7when8a9it10mixture11isused1-4AC AD。