课外阅读(英语) 12篇

课外阅读12篇

Passage 1

French Language in UK

Going back in history, some changes in the English language can be found in 1066. In that year the French-speaking Normans became the rulers and upper class of England, but the common people still spoke English. Some of the Normans had to learn English, and many of the English had to learn some French. After a while, many French words became so well known that the English began to use them when they spoke to other Englishmen. 77 words

True or False Exercise:

1. Some changes in the English language started in 1066. T

2. In 1066 France became a part of England. F

3. Some of the Normans wanted to learn English, because they liked English. F

4. Many of the English had to learn some French, because they were ruled by the French-speaking Normans. T

5. We can know that some English works came from French T

Passage 2

Hamburger

Everybody knows that hamburger is a very popular American food. However, people in the United States learned to make hamburgers from Germans, and the Germans got the idea from Russia.

In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia moved i9nto Russia and parts of Europe. They fought the Russians and won. They ate something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw meat was beef, goat meat or horse meat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat too. Germans from Hamburg and other northern cities learned to eat this food from the Russians. However, they added salt, pepper, a raw egg, and then cooked it.

Between 1830 and 1900 thousands of Germans went to live in the United States> They took the hamburger with them. People called it hamburger steak.

In 1904 at the World’s Fair in St. Louis (a city on the Mississippi River), a man from Texas sold hamburger steak in a roll (a kind of bread). Then people could eat it with their hands, like a sandwich. This was the first real hamburger like the hamburgers we eat today.

Today some people still like to eat raw beef. They call it “steak tartare.” 200 words. Exercise:

Multiple- choice:

1. The making of the hamburger dates back to _C_.

A. 1830

B. 1904

C. the 13th century

D. the 19th century

2. Who influenced Americans to make hamburger?A

A. Germans.

B. Russians.

C. The tartar people.

D. None of the above

3. The G ermans’ hamburger meat was a little different from the Russians’ because __D__.

A. the Germans’ hamburger meat was cooked

B. the Germans’ hamburger meat was eaten raw