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Anglo-Saxon (or Old English),a Germanic language.If this state of affairs had lasted,English today would be close to German.But this state of affairs did not last.In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated theSaxons and began their rule over England.For about a century,French became theofficial language of England while Old English became the language of peasants.As aresult,English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German.Insome cases,modern English even shows a distinction (between upper-classFrench and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words.We even have different words forsome foods,meat in particular,depending on whether it is still out in the fields or athome ready to be cooked,which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing thefarming,while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.When Americans visit Europe for the first time,they usually find Germany more"foreign"than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seemsmuch more differ ent from English than French does.Few realize that the Englishlanguage is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all theresult of one man's ambition.28.The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066wereA.Welsh and ScottishB.Nordic and GermanicC.Celtic and Old EnglishD.Anglo-Saxon and Germanic29.Which of the following groups of words are,by inference,rooted in FrenchA.president,lawyer,beefB.president,bread,waterC.bread,field,sheepD.folk,field,cow30.Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visitto Europe?试卷第6页，总14页