一、根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子 1.Old English was the ________________ (官方的) language of England. 2. “Prison” was formed with the ___________ (象征) for a man inside a square. 3. English has a large _________________(词汇), hasn’t it? 4. Papermaking began in China and from here it ______________(传播) to North Africa and Europe. 5. What he referred to in his article was u____________ to the general reader. 6. Many factors c_____________ to the development of this new type of English. 7. It is said that the early E______________ playing-cards were designed for entertainment and education. 8. You can't imagine what d___________ we had walking home in the snowstorm. 9. Chinese people invented numerous characters to r_____________ ideas, objects or actions. 10. Small sailboats can e___________ turn over in the water if they are not managed carefully. 二、根据课文内容和首字母填空 English is a language with many c_____________ rules. Before the middle of the 5th c____________, people in B__________ all spoke Celtic. Then three Germanic tribes from the European mainland and the Vikings from the Scandinavian countries invaded Britain. They c__________ what we now call Old English. As a result, many pairs of words and phrases have s___________ meanings in English. After the Normans conquered England, French was spoken in this country together with English, which r___________ in even more pairs of similar words. M_________ English included many Latin and Greek words. P___________ also underwent huge changes. It is certain that this p_________ will continue, and people will keep i___________ new words and new ways to say things.
