Read the passage about English and fill in each gap with one suitable word. Circle A, B, C or D.
(Đọc bài văn về tiếng anh và đền chỗ trống với từ thích hợp. Khoanh vào A, B, C , D)
English began as a west Germanic language which was brought to England around 400 AD. Old English was the spoken and (1)____________ language of England between 400 and 1100 AD. But Old English was very different from modem English and only a (2)__________ words can be easily recognized. English from about 1300 to 1500 is (3) __________ as Middle‘English. It was influenced by
French and Latin in (4) _________ and pronunciation. Modern English developed from the Middle English dialect of the East Midlands and was influenced by the English (5)_________ in London, where a printing press was set up in 1476. The development of printing (6) ____________ establish standards of spelling and grammar, (7) _____ there remained a lot of variation. (6) ________ the 18th century American English was well-established and developing independently (9)_____________ British English. Americans believed that (10) _____________ their own language was part of their national identity. the 19th century, more words were (12) from the greatly
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(ID ____ languages of the immigrants to the US. Black English (13) extended the language. At the end of the 20th century English tends to be (14)__________ less formal. Few British people know much about grammar, since it is not usually (15)__________ in schools, but a (16)_________ who cannot speak and write.(17)_________ is likely to be at a disadvantage. English is now an international language and is used as a means of (18) between people from many countries.
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1. A. written B. writing 2. A. lot B. little 3. A. said B. told 4. A. vocabulary B. meaning 5. A. written B. used 6. A. supported B. helped 7. A. and B. so 8. A. On B. While 9. A. for B. on 10. A. have B. having 11. A. In B. On 12. A. spoken B. written 13. A. same B. likely 14. A. greatly B. lot 15. A. spoken B. written 16. A. person B. people 17. A. grammar B. grammatical 18. A. contact B. communication |
C. discussed D. discussing C. few D. some C. spoken D.known C. language D. writing C. speaking D.speaks C. assisted D. aided C.therefore D. but C. By D. Upon C. off D. from C. lacking D. knowing C. While D. For C.added D. exported C. too D. also C. much D. more C. taught D. learned C. nation D. individual C. grammatically D. ungrammatically C. exchange D. relation |
Đáp án
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1.A |
4. A |
7. D |
10. B |
13. D |
16. A |
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2.C |
5. B |
8. C |
11. A |
14. C |
17. C |
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3.D |
6. B |
9. D |
12. C |
15. C |
18. B |
