必修一unit2 语法改错课本练习

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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 very different from the English spoken today. It 3 (base)more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became 4 (little)like German because those 5 ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use 6 a wider vocabulary 7 ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began to be spoken in 8 countries.

Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The9 (late) gave a separate identity to American English 10 .

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At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. 1 (late)in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because 2 that, English began 3 (speak) in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second 4____ foreign language than ever before.

English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has 5 very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English 6 (become)the language for 7____ (govern) and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people 8 (learn)English in China is increasing 9 (rapid). In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop 10 (it) own identity? Only time will tell.

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STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS

What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe 1 or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English 2 (speak) on TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news 3 (expect) to speak excellent English. 4 , on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.

When people use words and 5 (express)different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little 6 (different). American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world.

Geography also plays a part 7 making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they 8 (take)their dialects with them. So people