人教版 高一英语 必修一 Unit 2 课文

Finally _______(final) by the 19th century the was settled language __________(settle). At that time two big in English spelling happened: first changes ___ Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later _____(late) Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The latter _____(late) gave a separate identity to American English spelling.
Unit 2 Reading 1 At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of lived them_____(live) in England. Later in the next from century, people ______England made voyages to conquer ____________(conquer)other parts of the world be spoken that English began to and because of_____, _________ (speak)in many _______countries. Today, more other as people speak English ______their first, second or ever ____foreign language than _______before.
over So why has English changed ______time? Actually _________(actual)all languages change and develop _______cultures meet and communicate when with ______each other. At first the English ________ spoken (speak) in England between about AD 450 and different 1150 was very ___________(differ) from the was based English spoken today. It ___________(base) than more on German _____the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, Engause those who ____ruled England spoken _____ first Danish and later French.
spoken as foreign English now is also _______(speak) ___a or _______(two) language in South Asia. For example, second India has a very large number of fluent English speakers ________(speak) because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the for language ___government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries ________(country) in Africa such as South Africa. the learning Today ____number of people ________(learn) English in China ____________(increase)rapidly. In fact, is increasing China may have the largest number of English its learners. Will Chinese English develop ___own identity? Only time will tell.
enriched These new settlers _________(rich) the English its language and especially ____vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a _______(wide) vocabulary than ever before. In wider moved 1620 some British settlers ______(move) to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too. English began both countries. _______(begin) to be spoken in_____