Part B: Fill in each gap with a phrase provided. There is one more phrase than needed (5 points)
A. For example
B. listening, copying what they hear, and using the language
C. English is the most popular language
D. ordering those words in meaningful sentences
E. In spoken languages
F. Word order is more important in Engish than
All languages have rules for forming words and for (1)........... .In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining them. (2)..........., meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. (3)........... it is in some languages, such as Russian. Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words form other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. (4)..........., the English word byte was invented by computer speacialists in 1959. The word tomato was borrowed from Nahunta, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word meat once referred to food in general. People learn Engish as well as languages by (5)............. . Most school- children learn their first language easily and some other languages as well
1 D
2 E
3 F
4 A
5 B