EXERCISE 12

　　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
　　13）   A mix with B mixed together   C mixed with    D mix together
　　14）   A on time    B from time      C by time       D in time
　　15）   A give in    B gave in         C gave up      D give up
　　16）   A branch    B wave          C group         D kind
　　17）   A preserve   B reserve        C preserved       D reserved
　　18）   A special    B particular      C distinguished    D distinctive
　　19）   A as well as B as good as      C as well           D as good
　　20）   A them      B which         C the three branches D that

　　参考答案：

　　1——5ACBDA
　　6——10DBACA
　　11——15BACDC
　　16——20 BCDAB