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2021高考英语牛津译林版话题专项训练(八)
一:回归话题
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All through history, people from different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain. English is made up of 1._________ grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain. That is 2._________ English has so many confusing rules.
Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke Celtic. Then two Germanic groups from the European mainland--the Angles and the Saxons3._________ (occupy) Britain. Old English, which is very different from the English we speak nowadays, consisted 4._________ a mixture of their languages.
Middle English was used from around the 12th to the 15th 5._________(century). Many things, 6._________(special) the Norman Conquest, contributed to the development of this new type of English. After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French 7._________ common people spoke English. In 1399, HenryⅣ became king of England, and he used English for all official events.
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