1、Unit 2 Reading课文语法填空The Road To Modern English一、语法填空(根据课文内容、依据语法规则完成下面短文）So why has English changed over time? 1_ (actual) all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English 2_ (speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was quite different
2、 from the English spoken today. It was based more 3_ German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 4_ 1150, English became less like German because those 5_ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new 6_ (settle) enriched the English language and e
3、specially 7_ vocabulary. So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a 8_ (wide) vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. 9_ (late) in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began 10_ (speak) in both countries. 参考答案：一、1. Actually 2. spoken 3. on 4. and 5. who 6.settlers7. its 8. wider 9. Later 10. to be spoken
