题目
Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty.
As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us.
One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons(盎格鲁撒克逊人)there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon(old English)was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such matters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I.
The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The 18th century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.
In the past 100 years of development, the English language ______.
A.has been changing violently all the time
B.has been static all the time
C.has been changing slightly sometimes
D.has been static sometimes
第1题
A.to look back upon
B.look back upon
C.looking back upon
D.looking back
第2题
Joe had many regrets when he ______ the years he spent abroad.
A.looked back on
B.looked down upon
C.looked up to
D.looked out of
第3题
The maths teacher is the only one she looks ().
A、for
B、up
C、up to
D、upon
第4题
Joe had many regrets when he ______ the years he spent abroad.
A.looked back on
B.looked down upon
C.looked up to
D.looked out of
第5题
Doctors sometimes ______ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.
A.fall on
B.fall down on
C.fall back on
D.fall in upon
第6题
第7题
Doctors sometimes ______old cures when modem medicine doesn't work.
A.fall on
B.fall down on
C.fall back on
D.fall in upon
第8题
My father believes that interest, as well as prospects, important when one looks for a job.
A.is
B.was
C.are
D.were
第9题
When can one buy cigarettes?
A.When one is 16 years of age.
B.When one is 18 years of age.
C.When one is 15 years of age.
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