, For questions 11 – 25, read the text below and decide which answer a), b), c) or d) best fits each space.

The Normans were, (11)
, the (12)
people as the Danes who had been so (13)
in (14)
England. They had (15)
in the north of France, had (16)
with the French, and had (17)
a good deal of their culture.

The English which was the result of a (18)
of Old English and Norman French is known as Middle English, for it still differed in important respects from Modern English, (19)
it was much more like the latter than the former. It was, however, the (20)
ancestor of Modern English, and it is easy to see how one (21)
from the other. The English language is (22)
a direct result of the Norman Conquest.

The most obvious effect of the Conquest was, then, its effect on the English language, which, while (23)
an Anglo-Saxon basis, was to a great extent latinized through its (24)
of a Romance language. But it was English that (25)
Norman-French and not vice versa.

11

a) originally

b) by origin

c) in origin

d) of origin

12

a) like

b) similar

c) same

d) akin

13

a) destructive

b) belligerent

c) peddling

d) hawkish

14

a) Saxon

b) Middle

c) Early

d) Norman

15

a) arrived

b) appeared

c) settled

d) grounded

16

a) united

b) mixed

c) assimilated

d) joined

17

a) embodied

b) got

c) borrowed

d) acquired

18

a) melting

b) mixture

c) mix

d) fusion

19

a) although

b) provided

c) even though

d) yet

20

a) close

b) immediate

c) approximate

d) true

21

a) developed

b) transformed

c) evolved

d) appeared

22

a) thus

b) hence

c) consequently

d) resultantly

23

a) safeguarding

b) retaining

c) keeping

d) maintaining

24

a) mixture

b) mix

c) assimilation

d) confusion

25

a) brazed

b) engorged

c) merged with

d) absorbed

The Normans were, (11)
, the (12)
people as the Danes who had been so (13)
in (14)
England. They had (15)
in the north of France, had (16)
with the French, and had (17)
a good deal of their culture.

The English which was the result of a (18)
of Old English and Norman French is known as Middle English, for it still differed in important respects from Modern English, (19)
it was much more like the latter than the former. It was, however, the (20)
ancestor of Modern English, and it is easy to see how one (21)
from the other. The English language is (22)
a direct result of the Norman Conquest.

The most obvious effect of the Conquest was, then, its effect on the English language, which, while (23)
an Anglo-Saxon basis, was to a great extent latinized through its (24)
of a Romance language. But it was English that (25)
Norman-French and not vice versa.

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