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1、绝密★启用前人教版必修五Unit2TheUnitedKingdom单元综合检测一、阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ATowardstheendofMiddleEnglish,asuddenchangeinpronunciationstarted,withvowels（元咅）beingpronouncedshorterandshorte匚Fromthe16thcenturytheBritishcommunicatedwithmanypeoplefromaroundtheworld
2、.Thismeantthatlotsofnewvocabularyenteredthelanguage・Theinventionofprintingalsomeantthattherewasnowacommonlanguageinprint.Booksbecamecheaperandmorepeoplelearnedtoread.Spellingandgrammarbecamefixed,andthedialectofLondonbecamethestandard.In1604thefirstEnglishdictionar
3、ycameout.EarlyModemEnglishandLateModemEnglisharemostlydifferentinthenumberofwords.LateModernEnglishhasmanymorewords,mainlybecauseofthefollowingtworeasons:First,theIndustrialRevolutionledtotheneedfornewwords.Second,theBritishEmpirecoveredonequarteroftheearth'ssurfac
4、e,andtheEnglishlanguagetookinforeignwordsfrommanycountries.Fromaround1600,theEnglishcolonization（殖民地化）ofNorthAmericaledtoAmericanEnglish・SomeEnglishpronunciationsandwordsftozcwhentheyreachedAmerica.Insomeways,AmericanEnglishismoreliketheEnglishofShakespearethanmode
5、rnBritishEnglish.Someexpressionsthatarecalled"AmericanEnglish^areinfactfromBritishexpressions.TheywerekeptinthecolonieswhilelostforatimeinBritain.SpanishalsohadaninfluenceonAmericanEnglish.Forexample,wordslikecanyon,ranch,stampedeandvigilantearefromSpanish.Theyente
6、redEnglishbythepeopleofSpainwhosettledintheAmericanWest.FrenchwordsandWestAfricanwordsalsoinfluencedAmericanEnglish.Today,AmericanEnglishhasagreaterinfluence,becauseoftheUSA，smovies,television,popularmusic,tradeandtechnology.1・ThemaindifferencebetweenEarlyandLateMo
7、demEnglishliesin.A.vocabularyB.pronunciationC.spellingD.grammar2.Whereistheword"canyon^from?A.Americandialect.B.Africandialect.C・Spanish・D・French.3.Whatdoesthethirdparagraphmainlytalkabout?A.EnglishcoloniesinNorthAmerica・B.ThedevelopmentofAmericanEnglish・C.Otherlan
8、guages'influenceonAmericanEnglish.D.ThedifferencebetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish・4.Theunderlinedword“froze"inParagraph3canbereplacedby.A.
