阅读理解。
You may know that some English words come from French.
One interesting thing is that when we talk about meat at the table, we use French words. But when we talk
about animals, English words are used. For example, a pig is called pig when it's living, but it's called pork
when it is killed and its meat is brought to the table.
When the Normans (诺曼人) ruled (统治) England, the English farmers were made to raise animals for
food, but they could not eat the meat. The meat was sent to the Normans' tables. The farmers could only eat
rabbit, because rabbits ran all over the fields and rabbit meat was cheap. So the meat of a rabbit was not
changed into a French word. It was called rabbit by the English farmers at that time and is still called rabbit
today.
1. We know that the word "pork" is _____.
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A. a kind of animal
B. really an English word
C. really a French word
D. used only by Frenchman
2. The English farmers were made to raise animals by _____.
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A. the farmers themselves
B. the landlords (地主)
C. the Normans
D. the owners of the animals
3. Which of the following sentence is wrong?
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A. A rabbit is a kind of animal.
B. "Pig" is another way of saying "pork".
C. The expressions of some meat of animals was changed into French words.
D. The farmers could eat rabbit, because it was cheap when the Normans ruled England.
4. When the meat of a cattle (奶牛) is brought to a table, its _____.
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A. known as "pork" in English now
B. a kind of French food
C. changed to another thing
D. called "beef" in English now
5. In the sentence "When the Normans ruled England", which of the following can substitute (替换) "ruled"?
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A. had power to control the country and the people of
B. moved to live in
C. were born in
D. became the king of