单选题
{{I}} Questions 18 ～ 21 are based on the monologue on English language.{{/I}}
单选题
Which parent language is English believed to descend from?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]18-21
English and most other European languages have descended from a common source: the Indo-European parent language.
English was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabulary of English, such as "me, you, sheep, and wood". Then the Vikings came into the land, bringing their own language into English. Some words like "sky, and skirt" are from Norse. Later in 55 B. C. , Julius Ceasar invaded Britain. Norman French found its way into the English language, making up the part spoken by the nobleman. The words like "royal, and government" were often spoken by the upper class. In over 15 centuries of development, English has borrowed from other languages massively, including Spain , whose language like "angel, and disciple" is often used in churches in Britain, and also Creek, and even Chinese and Japanese. It's said there are over one million words in the English dictionary.
As settlers established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added to the English language: American English. Though some people worry that the language may run out of control, many native speakers of English disapprove of building the fence around their language. They take pride in both the tolerance of invading of other languages and the tolerance of changing their language.
[解析]本题考查特定信息。文章一开始就说道英语和其它欧洲语系来自印欧语系。所以其它干扰项不难排除。
单选题
Britain founded America, and the language used in America has been______ .
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析]本题考查特定信息，但不容易听到。第三段一开始有一句As settlers established the United States as an independent nation，a new variety was added to the English language：American English．大意是：“英国的殖民者们建立了美国，美国成为一个独立的民族，英语随之出现了新的变化。”选项A“美国英语和英国本土英语一样”不符合实际情况；选项 B“美国英语改变得英国人都听不懂了”也不符合实际情况。Though some people worry that the language may run out of control，many native speakers of English disapprove of building the fence around their language．“虽然人们担心语言可能会失去控制，但本土英国人不同意在他们的语言周围设置栅栏。”选项C语言失去控制了显然也是不符合实际。选项 D美国英语基于英国英语但有一定程度的变化符合题意。
单选题
Why does English have such a large vocabulary?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析]本题是考查特定信息。最后一句They take pride in both the tolerance of‘invading’of other languages and the tolerance of changing their language．“他们骄傲于能容忍其它语言的侵入、骄傲于能容忍自己语言的变迁。”选项A“英国人喜欢造词”纯屑虚构；选项B“英国历史悠久”、选项C“英国人借鉴了许多外来词”文章中有所提及，但都不是词汇大的根本原因。