Do you ever wonder why the English have one word for some animals and a different one for their meat? Why do they use pig and pork, cow and beef, and sheep and mutton? To find it out, we have to go back to 1066, when the Norman French invaded England and put a French king on the English throne (王位), which not only changed the government but also changed the language. French became the language of the upper classes of society. And it remained that way for 300 years. Only these high society people could afford to eat meat. As a result, French words like porc (pork) and beouf (beef) came into the English language. However, poor English farmers raised the animals. So the English language retained the words pig and cow from the Native Anglo-Saxon.
The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language. Seventy-five percent of them are still in use today.
In French grammar, nouns have either a male or female gender (性別), so adjectives (形容詞) take different forms for each. English has only one adjective that does this, and it came from French. The word “blond” describes someone with light-colored hair. “Blond” is used for men, and “blonde” describes women. And they are also nouns.
Some French words that entered the English language have taken on completely different meanings. The French phrase “a la mode” means “in style”. In English, the phrase means “with the ice cream”. Someone must have decided something eaten with ice cream was in style!
Now, as you learn English, you’re on your way to learning French!
小題1:French was once popular among the upper classes of the UK because_____.
A．too many French moved to Britain
B．French brought animals with them
C．the king and his officials spoke French
D．the king allowed French to be spoken
小題2:Which word can replace the word “retained” in Paragraph 1?
A．ChoseB．KeptC．IntroducedD．Give up
小題3:Why does an English speaker find French easy to learn?
A．Because English and French share similar pronunciations.
B．Because English grammar and French grammar are similar.
C．Because a large number of English words have French origins.
D．Because English has great influences on the French language.
小題4:French grammar is very different from English grammar because ______.
A．no words have the same pronunciation
B．a(chǎn)ll words have the same pronunciation
C．English nouns have a male or female gender
D．French nouns have different adjective forms
小題5:What conclusion can we draw from the text?
A．Language is closely related to history and culture.
B．French and English words have nothing in common.
C．Language is controlled by the upper classes of society.
D．English combines French and the Native Anglo-Saxon.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：文章介紹英語受法語的影響很大，因?yàn)闅v史的原因，上等階層的人說法語很多，現(xiàn)在還有很多法語在英語中使用，文章也介紹了法語和英語的不同之處。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：when the Norman French invaded England and put a French king on the English throne (王位), which not only changed the government but also changed the language. French became the language of the upper classes of society.可知法語曾經(jīng)在英國的上層很受歡迎，是因?yàn)閲鹾凸賳T都說法語。選C
小題2:猜詞題：從第一段的句子：However, poor English farmers raised the animals. So the English language retained the words pig and cow from the Native Anglo-Saxon.貧窮的農(nóng)民飼養(yǎng)動(dòng)物，所以英語保持了安格魯撒克遜的豬和牛這樣的單詞�？芍皉etained”的意思是“保持”，選B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language. Seventy-five percent of them are still in use today.可知說英語的人發(fā)現(xiàn)法語很容易學(xué)，是因?yàn)楹芏嘤⒄Z單詞來源于法語，選C
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：In French grammar, nouns have either a male or female gender (性別), so adjectives (形容詞) take different forms for each.可知法語的語法和英語不同，因?yàn)榉ㄕZ的名詞有不同的形容詞形式。選D
小題5:歸納題：從文章的內(nèi)容:法語和英語的演變受當(dāng)時(shí)歷史和文化的影響很大，可以歸納出語言和歷史文化密切相關(guān)，選A
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