1、According to the similarities in ____and basic word stock , the world has about 3000 languages, which can be grouped into roughly 300 language families. ( ) 单选题 2分

2、The Indo-European is made up of most of the languages of the following areas EXCEPT ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

3、In the Western set, Greek is the modern language derived from ____. ( ) 单选题 2分

4、The five Romance languages, namely, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian all belong to the Italic through an intermediate language called ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

5、The Indo-European language family is made up of the languages of the following EXCEPT ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

6、In Old English period, the introduction of Christianity had a great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many ___ terms such as , amen, abbot and candle. ( ) 单选题 2分

7、At the end of the 6th century Latin-speaking Roman missionaries spread Christianity and brought many ___ terms such as apostle, abbot, altar. ( ) 单选题 2分

8、In the 9th century, England was invaded by Norwegian and Danish Vikings and many ___ words came into the English language. ( ) 单选题 2分

9、The language used between ____ is called Old English． ( ) 单选题 2分

10、Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of Scandinavian origin? ( ) 单选题 2分

11、The language used from ____ to 1150 is called Old English. ( ) 单选题 2分

12、At the end of 6th century, Latin-speaking Roman missionaries under St. Augustine came to spread ___ in Britain, the introduction of which had a great impact on the English vocabulary. ( ) 单选题 2分

13、Which of the following is NOT true? ( ) 单选题 2分

14、From the historical overview of the English vocabulary, the period of Middle English is ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

15、Which of the following words does NOT belong to the words of French origin? ( ) 单选题 2分

16、In early Middle English period, English, Latin and ___ existed side by side. ( ) 单选题 2分

17、In Middle English vocabulary, we can find words relating to every aspect of human society, e.g. government, law, food, fashion and so on. Which of the following words does NOT belong to them? ( ) 单选题 2分

18、Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) 单选题 2分

19、In the mid-seventeenth century, English absorbed words from all major languages of the world because of ____. ( ) 单选题 2分

20、Which of the following statements is NOT true about the English vocabulary? ( ) 单选题 2分

21、In the early Modern English, Europe saw a new upsurge of learning ancient Greek and Roman classics. This is known in history as ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

22、Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) 单选题 2分

23、Martial arts from the Far East find their way into English vocabulary such as dojo, kungfu and aikido. These are just a few new words, but they will be enough to show ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

24、There are such new words as TV dinner, family movies, and telequiz in Modern English. These words show ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

25、New words or expressions like astrobiology , earthrise, moon walk come into present-day English vocabulary due to ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

26、New words like pita bread, dojo, stir frying come into present-day English vocabulary due to ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

27、New words or expressions like Watergate, disco and boob tube come into present-day English vocabulary due to ___. ( ) 单选题 2分

28、Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of English new words? ( ) 单选题 2分

29、Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of new words in the present-day English vocabulary? ( ) 单选题 2分

30、Social, economic and political changes bring about an increasing number of new words. Which of the following words is related to political changes? ( ) 单选题 2分

31、Which of the following is NOT channels of development of Modern English vocabulary? ( ) 单选题 2分

32、In the western set of the language family, ___ is the modern language derived from Hellenic. 填空题 2分

33、The surviving languages accordingly fall into eight principal groups, which can be grouped into an Eastern set: Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, American and Albanian; a Western set: Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, ____. 填空题 2分

34、Scandinavian language refers to Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish and ____. 填空题 2分

35、The world has approximately 3000 (some put it 5000) languages, which can be grouped into roughly 300 language families on the basis of similarities in their basic word stock and ___. 填空题 2分

36、In Old English period, the introduction of Christianity had great impact on the English vocabulary. It brought many ___ terms such as altar, amen and candle. 填空题 2分

37、Middle English retained much fewer inflections. If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle English was one of ___ endings. 填空题 2分

38、The Norman Conquest had started a continual flow of ___ words into English since 1066. 填空题 2分

39、From the historical overview of the English vocabulary, the Norman conquest started a continual flow of ___ words into English. 填空题 2分

40、If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle English was one of ___ endings. 填空题 2分

41、In the Middle English period, the Norman Conquest started a continual flow of ____ Words into English. 填空题 2分

42、Middle English lasted for more than three hundred years from ____ to 1500. 填空题 2分

43、The English words “power”, “crime” are derived from ____. 填空题 2分

44、In modern English, word endings were mostly lost with just a few exceptions because English has evolved from a synthetic language to the present ____ language. 填空题 2分

45、In modern times, the most important way of vocabulary expansion is ___ of new words by means of word-formation. 填空题 2分

46、Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: creation, semantic ___ and borrowing. 填空题 2分