A. MADE B. ACCOMPLISHED C. PLANNED D. CONDUCTEDREAD THE FOLLOWING PAS...
Câu 38: A. made B. accomplished C. planned D. conducted
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C and D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43
The Celtic languages are a group of languages of northern Europe that are descendants of the
IndoEuropean family of languages. These languages developed from the language of the Celts,
a warlike civilization originating in the eastern part of central Europe, in the northern Alps, and
along the Danube during the Bronze Age. The Celts reached the height of the civilization during
the Iron Age, the last five centuries B.C., and then fanned out from their original homeland into
many parts of continental Europe and across the channel and into the British Isles. Celtic
languages were spoken in much of western Europe during Pre-Roman and Roman times. Place
names of Celtic origin can be found today all over the British Isles and France, in northern
Spain and Italy, and in Switzerland and parts of Germany.
Rather than one language, the Celtic languages consist of two distinct clusters: the Gaelic group
and the Brythonic group. These two clusters of languages most likely developed from dialects
of the same language, the language of the Celts in their original homeland. These two dialects
were most likely mutually
intelligible
to some degree as late as the fourth century. The
Gaelic group of Celtic languages consists of Irish, Scottish, and Manx, the language of the Isle
of Man. The Brythonic group of Celtic languages includes Welsh, Cornish, Breton, and Gaulish,
the language of Gaul prior to the days of the Roman Empire, with its Latin-speaking population.
Many, though not all, of the Celtic languages are either or are in the process of becoming
extinct. Gaulish apparently disappeared around 600 A.D. Cornish and Manx both actually
became extinct, the former in the nineteenth century and the latter just a few decades ago, but
both
are being revived and are now taught in a few schools each. Scottish, Irish, and Breton
are all declining in use.