首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called old (or Anglo-Saxon)
The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called old (or Anglo-Saxon)
admin
2009-04-26
85
问题
The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called old (or Anglo-Saxon) English, Middle English, and Modern English. The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D, though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the seventh century or a bit later. By that time, Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the vocabulary, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down.
The period of Middle English extends roughly form the twelfth century through the fifteenth. The influence of French (and Latin, often by way of French) upon the vocabulary continued throughout the period, the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerated, and many changes took place within the grammatical systems of the language. A typical prose passage, specially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as the prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either.
The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day. The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel distribution that had begun in late Middle English and that effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern. Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and to a lesser extent, Greek on the vocabulary. Later, as English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock.
选项
A、from the seventh century
B、from the fifth century
C、from the twelfth century
D、from the ninth century
答案
A
解析
文中第一段第二句中说到"though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century",在7世纪之前没有任何记录,也就是说在7世纪后才有记录出现。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/X2a4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Americansdon’tliketolosewars.Ofcourse,alotdependsonhowyoudefinejustwhatawaris.Thereareshootingwars—theki
Consciouslyornot,ordinarycitizensandgovernmentbureaucratsstill______thenotionthatJapanesesocietyisauniqueculture
Thetwocountriesachievedsomeprogressinthesphereoftraderelations,traditionallyasourceof______irritation.
Readthefollowingtextandanswerthequestionsbyfindinginformationfromtherightcolumnthatcorrespondstoeachofthema
Peopleinbusinesscanuseforesighttoidentifynewproductsandservices,aswellasmarketsforthoseproductsandservices.
TheDonaldTrumpadministrationannouncedThursdayanewplanaroundtheprotectionofendangeredspecies.Accordingtotheadmi
Writingforanhistoricalseriesistricky,andtheoutcomeisnotalwaysasuccess.ThebestoverallEuropeanhistoryinEnglis
Scienceanditspracticalapplicationsintheformoftechnology,orthe"science"oftheindustrialarts,asWebsterdefinesth
Aneweconomicspaperhassomeold-fashionedadviceforpeoplenavigatingthestressesoflife:Findaspousewhoisalsoyourb
[A]Theyfocusattentionmainlyonthemselves[B]Theytreatyourpropertylikeit’stheirown[C]Theycan’tacceptyout
随机试题
瞳孔对光反射中枢位于()。
A.溃疡型结肠炎B.缺血性肠炎C.细菌性痢疾D.假膜性肠炎E.慢性阿米巴肠炎
关于我国推出沪深300指数期货和国债指数期货的意义和影响,下列描述错误的是()。
当劳动力需求曲线不变而劳动力供给曲线右移时,()。
根据“5C”系统原理,在确定信用标准时,应掌握客户能力方面的信息。下列各项中最能反映客户“能力”的是()。(2004年)
对正式导游证与临时导游证的区别,以下说法不正确的是()。
在职业活动的内在道德准则中,“勤勉”的内在规定性是()。
环境影响评价指拟定开发计划或建设项目时,事前对该计划或项目将给大气、水体、土壤、生物以及由它们组成的环境系统造成什么影响,这些影响的结果又将对人类的健康和生活环境以及自然环境和经济、文化、历史环境造成什么影响所进行的调查、预测与评价,以及据此制定出防止或减
有以下程序 main( ) { int a[ ][3]={{1,2,3},{4,5,0}},(*pa)[3],i; pa=a; for(i=0;i
A、Haveagoodviewofthecountryside.B、Goforacigarette.C、Getsomethingtodrink.D、Takeabath.D女士认为乘火车的优点是可以观赏乡村风光;男士称在火
最新回复
(
0
)