人教版M3 Unit 2 Language(测)-高中英语复习(解析).docx

M3 Unit 2 Language(测)-2022年高考英语一轮复****讲练测(新高考•江苏)
一、阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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(2020-2021学年人教新版综合能力测试)Almost from the time that the first Englishman set foot upon American soil, our language began to evolve(进化). It is a continuous process throughout the centuries and has produced a language that differs from our ancestors and shows a sign of our own feature(特点)and independence.
By 1790, there were four million Americans, 90% of whom were descendants(后代)of English colonists(殖民地定居者). This, of course, left no question that our official native language would be “English,” but it would not be the same as that spoken in Great Britain.
By 1720, the English colonists began to notice that their language was quite different from that spoken in their Mother land. How did that come to be?
There are many reasons, the most obvious being the distance from England. Over the years, many words were borrowed from the Native Americans, as well as other people from France, Germany, Spain, and other countries. Other words that became unused in England continued to be used in the colonies. In other cases, words simply had to be created in order to explain the unfamiliar landscape, weather, animals, plants, and living conditions that these early pioneers went through.
To our newly independent Americans, they were proud of their “new” American language, wearing it, as yet, another symbol of independence. In 1789, Noah Webster wrote in his Dissertations on the English Language:
“The reasons for American English being different than British English are simple: As an independent nation, our honor required us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government.”
The evolution of the American language continued into the 20th century, as well as the American pride.
【语篇导读】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了美国英语的发展，美国人以它为骄傲，他们认为这象征着独立。
1.What is the text mainly about?
A. How to learn American English.
B. The frequent changes of English.
C. The development of American English.
D