超星 - 第5周课堂作业

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：Paragraph 1 is mainly about __________.

A. the Indians' contribution to American English
B. cross-cultural contact
C. the conditions under which borrowing occurs

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：Paragraph 2 focuses primarily on __________.

A. the impact of the Norman conquest on the English language
B. the social structure of England after the Norman conquest
C. the origin of those English words related to government

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：In paragraph 4, the author's main concern is to point out that __________.

A. different kinds of contact bring different types of new words
B. most of the musical terms in English came from Italian
C. before the contact with the Arabs, there were no such words as alcohol in the English language

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：Most of the learned words in English were borrowed __________.

A. from the Normans
B. through loan translation
C. from Greek or Latin

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：It is apparent that __________.

A. it takes time for people to accept borrowed words
B. borrowing is considered the best way to add new words to a language whenever people do not have a readily available word for something in the world
C. people would rather borrow words than exploit native resources

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结合课文Vocabulary Change 回答下列问题：Once a word is borrowed, it __________.

A. will immediately be treated according to new sound patterns
B. will have two acceptable pronunciations at the same time
C. will be pronounced in the old way for some time before it takes on new sound patterns

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