Old English differs much from the English we use today. Middle English is the name given to the English used from around the 12^th {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the 15^th centuries. Many things played a part in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (develop) of this new type of English. The most important contribution was from the Normans, a French-speaking people who  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (defeat) England and took control of the country in 1066. However, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angels and the Saxons'victory about 600 years earlier, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} led to old English replacing Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the entire 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English as the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (one) language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (many) words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). Modern English appeared during the Renaissance in the 16th century.  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (pronounce) also went through huge changes during this period. Of course, this was not the end of the changes in the English language. The question of whether English will keep on changing in the future is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easily) to answer. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is certain that this process will continue, and people will keep {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (invent) new words and new ways of saying things.

    The British like DIY(do it yourself). A lot of people always spend their holidays {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(make) their homes more beautiful. If there is anything {#blank#}2{#/blank#} needs repairing or decorating around their homes, such as painting walls and putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(they). They share DIY experience{#blank#}4{#/blank#}their friends. DIY can save money. So, it is not surprising that DIY is very popular.

    DIY can be difficult. People often find it not easy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(build) a piece of furniture because they can't understand the directions（说明书){#blank#}6{#/blank#} (good) . What's more, DIY can also be {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(danger). For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional (专业的) worker.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (unlucky), many people don't care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that thousands of people{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(hurt) while doing DIY in the UK last year. All in all, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}it is not always as easy as it is thought to be.

    Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (protect). Crimes go up rapidly during the winter and summer holiday seasons. Here are two things that you should keep in mind when you go {#blank#}2{#/blank#} holiday.

    Always give {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (strange) the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (clean) off your stairs or out of your driveway during the winter season. Your might ask others to park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cars in your driveway.

    Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) a pile of newspapers and other mails on your doorstep tells people that you are not at home, so you should have a neighbor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a relative get your mail every day.

    Nobody would bother to make these classic novels into films if they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have) nothing to do with contemporary life.

    Great Expectations {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (set) in England in the early 1800s.

    Like many of Burns' poems, a Red, Red Rose was intended {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) a song.

    Some of the world's greatest singes were also cast in this {#blank#}11{#/blank#} (produce).

    Modern pop music has its roots in the folk songs of black Americans{#blank#}12{#/blank#} (hold) in slavery.

    Thus, from the blues, there {#blank#}13{#/blank#} (spring) up a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz.

    Besides the works of da Vinci, the Louvre Museum has more than 6,000 other European paintings, {#blank#}14{#/blank#} (range) from the 13th century to the 19th century.

    The idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, {#blank#}15{#/blank#} it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival.

    A film, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (release) in Chinese cinemas next month, tells the story of a former British secret agent named Johnny English, who has now retired to be a middle school history teacher. However, after a series of cyber attacks on the UK government, all the active secret agents {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (expose), which leaves the mission of catching the bad guys {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Johnny English.

    But {#blank#}4{#/blank#} films such as Mission Impossible and Kingsman (《王牌特工》), in which agents are all masters of high-tech tools, Johnny English is an old-fashioned hero, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (suspect) of modern technology and not even willing to use a smartphone. That puts him in various dangerous situations.

    This wouldn't come as a surprise if you know that Johnny English {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (play) by Rowan Atkinson, who is best known {#blank#}7{#/blank#} playing his character Mr. Bean.

    Johnny English and Mr. Bean do have a lot {#blank#}8{#/blank#} common. As Atkinson once told the Guardian in an interview, "The essence of Mr. Bean is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he's self-centered and doesn't actually acknowledge the outside world. He's a child in a man's body."

    And this is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (probable) why people all around the world can relate to Atkinson's humor. They want to be just as self-centered as his characters. And they don't want to care what the outside world thinks of them. They want to be different.

Pandas have become one of the symbols of China. They live only on a few high and damp mountains in Southwest China,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}they feed mainly on bamboo leaves and shoots. Everyone in the world {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(agree) that they are adorably cute. Their black and white colour{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(see) as the physical representation of Yin and Yang and how the balance between the two bring harmony and peace.