All of the following have something to do with the introduction into English of many French military terms except that _______.

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• 1The main idea of this passage is that ______.

  A.most of today’s common English military terms dated from the sixteenth century or later

  B.a study of the English vocabulary shows the important part which war has played in the history of England

  C.many French words borrowed into English during the Middle Ages have since disappeared from the language

  D.many military terms used in English were originally borrowed from French, some as early as the Middle Ages

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• 2According to the selection more than half of a person’s body is composed of ______.

  A.voluntary muscles

  B.involuntary muscles

  C.muscle fibers

  D.sensory nerves

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• 3Under a microscope, muscle cells appear to be _______.

  A.textured like wood

  B.colored like wood

  C.smooth and red

  D.short and thick

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• 4Muscles are unique fibers because, they can ________.

  A.contract

  B.stretch

  C.retract

  D.do all of the above

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• 5Intelligent use of the muscles means that ________.

  A.one always knows what his muscles are doing

  B.one performs simple actions whithout working

  C.one’s muscles are used only to the extent necessary for each action they perform

  D.one improves muscular action consciously

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• 6The art of war has undergone such changes that _______.

  A.we no longer use any French words of the Middle Ages

  B.many words once common are not used any longer and they are replaced by Italian words

  C.French military terms have disappeared from the English language

  D.many words once common are now only in historical use and their places have been taken by the newly-borrowed words

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• 7Which of the following is not the French word borrowed into English during the Middle Ages、

  A.sergeant

  B.battle

  C.spy

  D.fight

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• 8The writer takes the words “battle” and “fight” as an example to show______.

  A.French words are needed to express something new

  B.a French and a native word for the same thing have been still in common use side by side

  C.French word or the other has been lost from the English language

  D.“battle” is the borrowed word and “fight” is the native one

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• 9The custom of eating with a fork was _______.

  A.brought to Europe from America

  B.begun when forks were invented

  C.brought to Europe from Asia

  D.invented by Italians

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• 10By the fifteenth century forks were used _______.

  A.all over Italy

  B.only in Constantinople

  C.widely in Europe

  D.In England

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