Module4WhichEnglish单元小结Nowadays,ahugenumberofpeopleintheworldspeakEnglishastheirfirstorsecondlanguage.Furthermore,it'salsowidelyusedbythemedia.Asaresult,varietiesofEnglishappear.Whichissuperior?It'shardtoanswer.WhenpeoplespeakEnglishmixedwiththeirowndialects,canyoutellthemapart?Expertsareconvincedthatitdoesn'tmatterwhichEnglishisbetter,aslongasspeakerscanunderstandeachother—it'scommunicationthatcounts.SomeEnglishisinstantlyrecognisableandexplicit,andsomeEnglishmaybevague.So,thereisadebateaboutwhichvarietyofEnglishisthebest.But,atlast,noanswerhasbeenacquired.目前，世界上有大量的人把英语作为母语或第二语言。而且，它也被新闻媒体广泛地使用。结果，各种不同的英语出现了。哪种英语是更好的？这很难回答。当人们混合着方言说英语时，你能区分开它们吗？专家们确信哪种英语好并不重要，只要说话的人彼此明白就行——重要的是交流本身。有些英语立即能识别出，而且易于理解；有些英语可能是不明确的。因此有一场哪种英语是最好的英语的辩论。但是，最后却没有得到什么结果。加餐练(一)完形阅读组合练Ⅰ.完形填空Before1066,intheplacethatwenowcallGreatBritainlivedpeoplesbelongingtotwomajorlanguagegroups.InthewestcentralplacelivedtheWelsh,who__1__aCelticlanguage(凯尔特语),andinthenorthlivedtheScots,whoselanguage,__2__notthesameasWelsh,wasalsoCeltic.IntherestofthecountrylivedtheSaxons,actuallyamixtureofAnglos,Saxons,andotherGermanicandNordicpeoples,whospoke__3__wenowcallAngloSaxon(orOldEnglish),aGermaniclanguage.Ifthisstateofaffairshad__4__，EnglishtodaywouldbeclosetoGerman.__5__thisstateofaffairsdidnotlast.In1066theNormansledbyWilliam__6__theSaxonsand__7__theirruleoverEngland.Foraboutacentury,French__8__theofficiallanguageofEngland__9__OldEnglishbecamethelanguageofpeasants.__10__，EnglishwordsofpoliticsandthelawcamefromFrench__11__German.Insome__12__，ModernEnglisheven__13__adistinction(区别)betweenupperclassFrenchandlowerclassAngloSaxoninitswords.Weevenhave__14__wordsforsomefoods,meatinparticular,__15__onwhetheritisstilloutinthefieldsorathomereadytobecooked,whichshowsthefactthattheSaxonpeasantsweredoingthefarming,whiletheupper-classNormansweredoingmostofthe__16__.WhenAmericans__17__Europeforthefirsttime,theyusuallyfindGermanymore__18__thanFrancebecausetheGermantheyseeonsignsandadvertisementsseemsmuchmoredifferentfromEnglishthanFrenchdoes.Few__19__thattheEnglishlanguageisactuallyGermanicinitsbeginningandthattheFrenchinfluencesarealltheresultofone__20__ambition.1．A.saidB．spokeC．declaredD．announced解析：选B“说某种语言”要用speak。2．A.becauseB．ifC．althoughD．unless解析：选C从上下文可看出这里应该是让步关系，苏格兰人说的语言虽然不和威尔士人的一模一样，但是也属于凯尔特语。3．A.whatB．thatC．whichD．how解析：选A他们所说的语言就是今天所称的盎格鲁—撒克逊语。这是一个宾语从句，在这个从句中缺少宾语，所以选择what。4．A.conveyedB．stoppedC．interruptedD．lasted解析：选D如果这种状况持续下去，现在的英语将会接近德语。此处的last为动词，表示“持续”。5．A.AndB．OrC．ButD．So解析：选C根据下文内容可知，这种状况没有持续，所以选择表示转折关系的连词but。6．A.defeatedB．investigatedC．wonD．scolded解析：选A从下文内容可知，应该是威廉领导的诺曼人打败了撒克逊人。7．A.finishedB．beganC．refusedD．formed解析：选B这里是承接上文，胜利后就开始了对英国的统治。8．A.becameB．includedC．conveyedD．continued解析：选A英国被统治的结果就是法语变成了英格兰的官方语言。9．A.whenB．sinceC．whileD．before解析：选C而古老的英语变成了农民的语言，这...
