DoyoueverwonderwhytheEnglishhaveonewordforsomeanimalsandadifferentonefortheirmeat?Whydotheyusepigandporkcowandbeefandsheepandmutton.Tofindoutwehavetogobackto1066.InthatyeartheNormanFrenchinvade

　　DoyoueverwonderwhytheEnglishhaveonewordforsomeanimalsandadifferentonefortheirmeat?Whydotheyusepigandporkcowandbeefandsheepandmutton.Tofindoutwehavetogobackto1066.InthatyeartheNormanFrenchinvadedEnglandandputaFrenchkingontheEnglishthrone.TheFrenchnotonlychangedthegovernmentbuttheyalsochangedthelanguage.Frenchbecamethelanguage（王位）oftheupperclassesofsociety.Anditremainedthatway for300years.Onlythesehighsocietypeoplecouldaffordtoeatmeat.AsaresultFrenchwordslikeporc(pork)andbeouf(beef)cameintotheEnglishlanguage.HoweverpoorEnglishfarmersraisedtheanimals.SotheEnglishlanguageretainedthewordspigandcowfromthenativeAnglo-Saxon.

　　TheNormanFrenchaddedabout10000FrenchwordstotheEnglishlanguage.Seventy-fivepercentofthemarestillinusetoday.

　　LanguageexpertsestimatethatEnglishspeakerswhohaveneverstudiedFrenchalreadyknow15000Frenchwords!Betweenone-thirdandtwo-thirdsofallEnglishwordshaveFrenchorigin.SomewordssuchaspossibleandavenuearethesameinFrenchandEnglish;onlythepronunciationchanges.OtherwordssuchasballetoralacarteretaintheirFrenchpronunciationinbothlanguages.

　　InFrenchgrammarnounshaveeitheramaleorfemalegendersoadjectives（形容词）takedifferentformsforeach.EnglishhasonlyoneadjectivethatdoesthisanditcamefromFrench.Theworldblonddescribessomeonewithlight-coloredhair.Blondisusedformenandblondedescribeswomen.Andtheyarealsonouns.

　　SomeFrenchwordsthatenteredtheEnglishlanguagehavetakenoncompletelydifferentmeanings.TheFrenchphrasealamodemeans“instyle.”InEnglishthephrasemeans“withicecream.”Someonemusthavedecidedsomethingeatenwithicecreamwasinstyle!

　　NowasyoulearnEnglishyou’reonyourwaytolearningFrench!

　　64．FrenchwasoncepopularamongtheupperclassesoftheUKbecause_________.

　　A．toomanyFrenchmenmovedtoBritain. B．theFrenchbroughtanimalswiththem

　　C．thekingandhisofficialsspokeFrench D．thekingallowedFrenchtobespoken

　　65．Theunderlinedword“retained”inParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto_______?

　　A．adopted B．kept