问答题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third reading, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

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The year 1066 had a resounding impact/on the course of English history./ William the First, Duke of Normandy,/conquered England and took it as a stronghold in his reign. /William imported French rulers/to take over English government and religious posts. /The French were not only the new aristocracy in England, /but the new society. /The English amended their language and their culture/in an effort to more resemble the French/and to communicate with their new lords. /The English language was more changed by the Norman Conquest/than by any other event in the course of English history. /Middle English is defined as the four hundred year period/ between the Norman Conquest and the time /the printing press was introduced to England in 1476.
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