Unit 2 English around the world
Period One Warming Up & Reading (Ⅰ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.课文理解
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
