Ⅰ.阅读课文，匹配段落大意

Para.1 (　B　)　　　A.All languages change when cultures communicate with one another.So does English.

Para.2 (　C　) B.How English spread(传播) in the past.

Para.3 (　A　) C.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don't speak the same kind of English.

Para.4 (　D　) D.By the 19th century，two big changes in English spelling happened.

Para.5 (　E　) E.English is spoken in many countries.

Ⅱ.课文阅读理解

1.Where did most of the English speakers live at the end of the 16th century?

A.America. B.England.

C.South Asia. D.South Africa.

答案　B

2.When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?

A.In the 17th century.

B.At the end of the 16th century.

C.Between about AD 450 and 1150.

D.In the 19th century.

答案　A

3.According to the text，which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Languages always stay the same.

B.Languages change only after wars.

C.Languages no longer change.

D.Languages change when cultures change.

答案　D

4.From Paragraph 3，we can learn that from AD 450 to 1150，English sounded more like .

A.German B.Chinese

C.French D.Russian

答案　A

5.Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers?

A.Because Indians like learning English very much.

B.Because India has the largest number of English learners.

C.Because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.