Question

As we all know, language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.

There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

1.The early language had ________.

A．a lot of problems

B．words and easy grammar

C．words but no grammar

D．grammar but not many words

2.In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.

A．stay exactly the same

B．change a great deal

C．change only a little

D．ask more words and drop some grammar

3.What this article shows is that _____.

A．languages change fast

B．languages really don't want to change

C．language really with changes in society

D．Spanish and English change

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.细节题:从第一段的句子：The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. 说明D正确。

2.推理题：从第一段的句子：Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.可知 B正确

3.推理题:从第一段的句子：In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either.可知如果社会变化的话，语言也会变化。选C

考点：考查教育类文章

点评：这篇文章讲述语言的变化原因和过程，篇幅较短，文章比较简单，做题时注意细节就可以做对。