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Unit 2 English around the world Period One Warming Up amp。 Reading (Ⅰ) 基礎(chǔ)落實(shí) Ⅰ. 課文理解 1. Where did most of the English speakers live at the end of the 16th century? A. America. B. England. C. South Asia. D. South Africa. 2. When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? A. In the 17th century. B. At the end of the 16th century. C. Between about AD 450 and 1150. D. In the 19th century. 3. According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Languages always stay the same. B. Languages change only after wars. C. Languages no longer change. D. Languages change when cultures change. 4. From Paragraph 3, we can learn that from AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like _______. A. German B. Chinese C. French D. Russian 5. Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers? A. Because Indians like learning English very much. B. Because India has the largest number of English learners. C. Because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. D. Because India has a close relationship with Britain. Ⅱ. 課文縮寫 As you know, English has changed over ? all languages change and develop when cultures meet and with each first, English was more on German than the English we speak new settlers ca