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1. Most people have ____the Tower of Babel story in the Bible.

A. listened to B. hear of C. heard of D. heard

2. According to thisstory, long ago all people ____ the same language

A. said B. speak C. speaking D. spoke

3. _____, however, they werepunished by speaking a great number of different tongues.

A. Late B. Latter C. Later D. Latest

4. Today, there are literallythousands of different languages around the world, _____ manyare related toone another.

A. when B. where C. which D. though

5. There are so many languages_____ the above two super-categories of language families.

A. without B. within C. into D. toward

6. German, _____ just over100,000,000 people, is one of the world's ten-largest languagesin terms ofpopulation.

A. said by B. saying by C. speaking by D. spoken by

7.AsEnglish and Germanspeakers _____ the majorities in several of the world's most developedcountries, it is important tobe familiar withthis particular languagegrouping.

A. consist B. institute C. constitute D. conduct

8. Thoughthese languages cannot be easily understood among their different speakers, thesimilarities in vocabulary are_______.

A. sticking B. struck C. striking

9. These many similarities are_____to the single common parent language of all the Germanic tongues,eventhoughthis "grandfather" language no longer exists.

A. duty B. due C. owe D. because

10. Hardly an aspect of modernlife ____ notbenefit fromthe contributionsmade bythoseusingthese languages.

A. is B. are C. do D. does

11.Being able tocommunicatewithothers in this far-reaching linguistic group will offer the user ____benefits.

A.immeasurable B. measure C. measurement D. mutual

答案：1C 2D 3C 4D 5B 6D 7C 8D 9B 10D 11A