第两节完型填空二 （共8小题，每小题1.5分，满分12分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所空之处填写适当的单

第两节完型填空二 （共8小题，每小题1.5分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所空之处填写适当的单词，每空仅限填一词。。
Old English is very different __48__ the English we speak nowadays. In fact, it is certain that we would not be __49__ to understand it if we heard it today. __50__ the 10th century, Old English was the official language of England. The language __51__ of an Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of Denmark and Norway. When we speak English today, we sometimes find __52__ hard to decide which words or phrases to use. This is __53__ many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English, for __54__, pick up and lift up. These kinds of pairs developed because each word or phrase came from a __55__ language. Pick came from Anglo-Saxon, and lift from Norse.