In French grammar, nouns have either a male or female gender, so adjectives（形容词） take different forms for each. English has only one adjective that does this, and it came from French. The world bl ond describes someone with light-colored hair. Blond is used for men, and blonde describes women. And they are also nouns.

　　Some French words that entered the English language have taken on completely different meanings. The French phrase a la mode means “in style.” In English, the phrase means “with ice c ream.” Someone must have decided something eaten with ice cream was in style!

　　Now, as you learn English, you’re on your way to learning French! 64．French was once popular among the upper classes of the UK because .

　　A．too many Frenchmen moved to Britain. B．the French brought animals with them C．the king and his officials spoke French

　　D．the king allowed French to be spoken ．The underlined word “retained” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ?

　　A．adopted B．keptC．introducedD．deserted ．Why does an English speaker find French easy to learn? A．Because English and French share similar pronunciation. B．Because English grammar and French grammar are similar. C．Because English has great influences on the French language. D．Because a large number of English word have French origins. ．What conclusion can we draw from the text? A．Language is closely related to history and culture. B．Language is controlled by the upper classes of society. C．French and English words don’t have much in common. D．English combines French and the Native Anglo-Sanxon.64---67 CBDA

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