《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语必修第一册外研版》

D(2024·湖北重点高中智学联盟联考)
The English language is changing, and you are responsible! Whether we consider changes in grammar, spelling, pronunciation, or the very vocabulary of the language, you have played your part and continue to do so.
When we first learnt basic grammar and spelling, perhaps in elementary school, we might have gotten the impression that these things were sacred (神圣的). The rules that apply to such things might have been presented as unchanging and unchangeable. While this way might be helpful for teaching children, it is far from accurate (准确的).
The English language, like many others, is a living, growing, ever-evolving (演变) thing. Like it or not, you are involved (参与) in this change. These changes take many forms. Grammar and spelling have changed greatly over the years and centuries. While the language of a thousand years ago might be called English, most of us would hardly recognise it today as the same language.
The first involves changes in the pronunciation of words. Many are familiar with the differences between the British and American ways of pronouncing certain words. In addition to these differences, the pronunciation of many words has changed over the years because of how you have decided to pronounce them. For example, consider the word “err”. The traditional pronunciation of this word rhymes with the word “her”. Older dictionaries show this to be the primary or only pronunciation. However, in recent years, more and more people have been pronouncing it so that it sounds like “air”. Another change in the language involves the addition and removal of words. The makers of dictionaries decide which words deserve to be officially adopted as part of the English language. Through the centuries, many words have come from other languages. In fact, English has probably done this more than any other language in the world, which is why spelling and pronunciation rules for English have so many exceptions.
Of course, many slang words (俚语) have been just short-lived fashions that have died out quickly. Others, though, have been adopted by mainstream society and become respectable, as many technical terms. So then remember, the next time you repeat the newest expression or make up your own words, you may be contributing to the future of the English language.
32. When we begin to learn English, we think ______.
A. it is interesting to pick up a new language
B. English rules are wrongly presented in fact
C. grammar and spelling rules are unchangeable
D. only adults have the ability to affect a language
33. From Paragraph 3 we can know that ______.
A. we can change the English language
B. many languages have been changing over years
C. English has changed little in the past 1,000 years
D. there are main changes in grammar and pronunciation
34. Why is the pronunciation of words changing?
A. People choose the way to pronounce them.
B. Those words are too difficult to pronounce.
C. The spellings of words change.
D. Technology develops greatly in modern society.
35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Foreign Words Involved in English
B. Slang Words Reshape the English World
C. English Language Is Changeable
D. The British Speak Differently from Americans
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. C

答案： 32.C 细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句可知，当我们开始学习英语时，我们认为语法和拼写规则是不可改变的。故选 C。 33.B 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The English language, like many others, is a... centuries.”可知，许多语言多年来都在变化。故选 B。 34.A 细节理解题。根据第四段第三句可知，人们选择的发音的方式不同导致了单词发音不同。故选 A。 35.C 主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句以及下文内容可知，英语正在发生改变，且每个人都参与其中，文章还指出英语和其他许多语言一样，是一种活的、成长的、不断进化的语言。不管你喜不喜欢，你都参与了这个变化。同时分析了英语发生变化的原因。由此可知，C 项最适合作文章标题。故选 C。