, For questions 11 – 25, read the text below and decide which answer a), b), c) or d) best fits each space.
The Normans were, (11)
, the (12)
people as the Danes who had been so (13)
in (14)
England. They had (15)
in the north of France, had (16)
with the French, and had (17)
a good deal of their culture.
The English which was the result of a (18)
of Old English and Norman French is known as Middle English, for it still differed in important respects from Modern English, (19)
it was much more like the latter than the former. It was, however, the (20)
ancestor of Modern English, and it is easy to see how one (21)
from the other. The English language is (22)
a direct result of the Norman Conquest.
The most obvious effect of the Conquest was, then, its effect on the English language, which, while (23)
an Anglo-Saxon basis, was to a great extent latinized through its (24)
of a Romance language. But it was English that (25)
Norman-French and not vice versa.
11
a) originally
b) by origin
c) in origin
d) of origin
12
a) like
b) similar
c) same
d) akin
13
a) destructive
b) belligerent
c) peddling
d) hawkish
14
a) Saxon
b) Middle
c) Early
d) Norman
15
a) arrived
b) appeared
c) settled
d) grounded
16
a) united
b) mixed
c) assimilated
d) joined
17
a) embodied
b) got
c) borrowed
d) acquired
18
a) melting
b) mixture
c) mix
d) fusion
19
a) although
b) provided
c) even though
d) yet
20
a) close
b) immediate
c) approximate
d) true
21
a) developed
b) transformed
c) evolved
d) appeared
22
a) thus
b) hence
c) consequently
d) resultantly
23
a) safeguarding
b) retaining
c) keeping
d) maintaining
24
a) mixture
b) mix
c) assimilation
d) confusion
25
a) brazed
b) engorged
c) merged with
d) absorbed
The Normans were, (11)
, the (12)
people as the Danes who had been so (13)
in (14)
England. They had (15)
in the north of France, had (16)
with the French, and had (17)
a good deal of their culture.
The English which was the result of a (18)
of Old English and Norman French is known as Middle English, for it still differed in important respects from Modern English, (19)
it was much more like the latter than the former. It was, however, the (20)
ancestor of Modern English, and it is easy to see how one (21)
from the other. The English language is (22)
a direct result of the Norman Conquest.
The most obvious effect of the Conquest was, then, its effect on the English language, which, while (23)
an Anglo-Saxon basis, was to a great extent latinized through its (24)
of a Romance language. But it was English that (25)
Norman-French and not vice versa.
