Written Chinese has also become an important 【小题1】 by which China’s present is connected with its past. People in modern times can read the【小题2】 works which were written by Chinese in ancient times. The high regard for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese characters as an art form, known as Chinese 【小题3】, which has become an important part of Chinese culture.

Middle English is the name 【小题1】(give) to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played a part in the 【小题2】(develop) of this new type of English. The most important 【小题3】(贡献) was from the Normans, a 【小题4】 (French speak) people who【小题5】 (打败) England and took control of the country in 1066. 【小题6】, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons’ victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English 【小题7】 (replace) Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the e【小题8】 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English 【小题9】 the first language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). It is interesting to learn 【小题10】 the words for animals and meat developed.