English is a typical tone language.（)

Song verse is often not typical English for study. But it is an _______(enjoy) way, and is good for youngsters.

What can you find in a typical full English breakfast？

A.eggs and tomatoes

B.sausages and mushrooms

C.baked beans and black pudding

D.all of the above

ral ______, exposing all kinds of social evils.

A．revolutionaries

B．idealists

C．critics

D．defenders

Which of the following expression is typical British English？

A.He doesn’t have a pen.

B.We need to work together on a team.

C.I would love to go camping on the weekend.

D.Have you got a pen？

A. The Canterbury Tales

B. The Ballad of Robin Hood

C. The Song of Beowulf

D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the word ‘typical’？

A.It can be regarded as a catchphrase which you will hear many times a day, every day.

B.It is used in moaning rituals in many contexts.

C.It means ‘nice’.

D.It is one of the most useful and versatile words in the English vocabulary.

A. Robinson Crusoe

B. Moll Flanders

C. Gulliver

D. Tom Jones

of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written (1) the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But (2) has been very little discussion about the languages—human, not computer languages (3) are being used on the Internet.

Central (4) the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express (5) as they like. Nevertheless, (6) recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language (7) could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined (8) the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

English is already the premier (9) of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of (10) able to communicate with only the limited ASCII character set has worked to further encourage the (11) English, especially by those (12) native language is not normally expressed in some version of (13) Roman alphabet.

In fact, it seems to be typical that (14) accessing a network in a non-English speaking country (15) is often presented with a choice of the local language(s) or English. Many of the national networks that have now linked (16) to the Internet are used (17) scientific and technical communication, (18) a rapidly growing portion of the Internet's community are non-professional people.

Familiarity with English may be assumed (19) a linguist or a physicist, but growing (20) of users with no English language skills are joining the net in (21) of the dominance of English in message forums and mail lists. Messages (22) the Usenet newsgroups are overwhelmingly (23) in English, and the bulk of the moderated mailing lists (including (24) Linguist Discussion List, and international E-mail discussion list for linguists) are conducted in (25) .

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riods usually called Old (or Anglo-Saxon) English, Middle English, and Modern English.The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D., though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the eleventh century or a bit later.By that time, Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the vocabulary, and the well-developed inflectional(词尾变化的)system that typify the grammar of Old English had began to break down.

The period of Middle English extends roughly from the twelfth century through the fifteenth.The influence of French(and Latin,often by way of French)upon the vocabulary continued throughout the period,the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerate, and many changes took place within the grammatical systems of the language.A typical prose passage, especially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as the prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either.

The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day.The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel distribution that had began in late Middle English and that effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern.Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and to a lesser extent.Greel pm the vocabulary.Later, as English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock.

1.The earliest writing record of English available to us started_____.

A.from the seventh century

B.from the fifth century

C.from the twelfth century

D.from the ninth century

2.What is the main features of the grammar of Old English？()

A.The influence of Latin

B.A revolution in vowel distribution

C.A well-developed inflectional system

D.Loss of some inflection

3.What can be inferred from the passage？()

A.Even an educated person cannot read old English without special training

B.A person who knows French well can understand old English

C.An educated person can understand old English but cannot pronounce it

D.A person can pronounce old English words but cannot understand them

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned？()

A.French

B.Latin

C.Greek

D.German

5.What is the most remarkable characteristic of Modern English？()

A.Numerous additions to its vocabulary.

B.Completion of a revolution in vowel distribution.

C.Gradual changes in tis grammatical system.

D.The direct influence of Latin.