单选题
{{I}} Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you've just heard.{{/I}}
单选题
How does language change?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】 [听力原文] <11>-<13> Language is something that
changes; the only languages that do not change are dead ones, such as Latin. The
changes that take place in English are gradual. Most of them are barely
noticeable from one year to the next, but they are taking place just the same.
Words change their meanings over the year; new words are invented or taken over
from other languages; old words sometimes die out. The sounds of speech
gradually alter. You may. notice that your grandparents pronounce some words
differently from you, and if you watch old black-and-white British films on
television you will probably notice differences in the language. Over a very
long period -- hundreds of years -- these small changes add up to very big
ones. If we look back to the earliest written English, long ago
before the days of King Alfred the Great, we find what seems at first sight a
foreign language, so much has English changed in the course of twelve
centuries.
单选题
If you watch old black-and-white British films, which of the following is least likely?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
单选题
What does the English used in the days of King Alfred the Great look like now?