2014年公共英语四级考试完形填空练习及答案(12)

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　　English belongs,in a rather complicated way,to the Indo-European family __1_ includes most of the European languages and a few Asiatic ones. We don’t know __2_ the orginal speakers of the parent Indo-European language lived.Guessed about their homeland __3_ all the way from northwestern Europe __4_ central Asia.According to all the early _5__ ,they were a tall,blond,and warlike people,with a good __6_ of energy and intelligence.In their native land they had developed _7__ writing nor cities,so there is not much __8_ about how they lived when they were at home.But when they __9_ home and went out in __10_ of new lands,the Indo-European seem to have been generally successful in _11__ the countries they came to.

　　When a wave of them _12__ a territory already crowded,they _13__ the original population._14__ they lost their distinctive appearance by intermarrying with the earlier inhabitants,and sometimes they also _15__ most of the features of their language.When a _16__ went to a more thinly-settled territory,they naturally _17__ their physical characteristics comparatively unchanged for a much longer time;and they were likely to preserve the _18__ features of their language also,though the two things did not always go together.

　　The Slavic and Celltic languages,__19_ Indian,Persian ,and some others,are of Indo-Euro-pean origin,but the three branchs with _20__ English is most concerned are the Greek,Latin,and Germanic,particularly the last.

　　1) A which B whose C that D whom

　　2) A that B which C where D whose

　　3) A is ranging B range C have ranged D have been ranged

　　4) A into B towards C from D to

　　5) A records B recording C tapes D notes

　　6) A number B great C amount D deal

　　7) A either B neither C other D both

　　8) A evidence B points C understanding D knowing

　　9) A leave B would leave C left D were leaving

　　10) A search B wanting C looking D demanding

　　11) A conquer B conquering C defeat D defeating

　　12) A settled in B settled C settled down D settled to