Language is human speech, either written or spoken. All languages have a system of sounds, words, a system of word order, and grammar. Word order is more important in English than in some other languages. The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many African languages. Language is always changing. The earliest known languages had complicated grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the centuries, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast, too. There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are related, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. We learn our own languages by listening and copying. We do this without studying or thinking about it. But learning a foreign language takes a lot of study and practice. What did the English and Spanish people who came to America do?A They found many new plants and animals.B They introduced new words into English and Spanish.C They gave names to different animals.D They changed the grammar of English and Spanish.
Language is human speech, either written or spoken. All languages have a system of sounds, words, a system of word order, and grammar. Word order is more important in English than in some other languages. The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many African languages. Language is always changing. The earliest known languages had complicated grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the centuries, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast, too. There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are related, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. We learn our own languages by listening and copying. We do this without studying or thinking about it. But learning a foreign language takes a lot of study and practice. What did the English and Spanish people who came to America do?
A They found many new plants and animals.
B They introduced new words into English and Spanish.
C They gave names to different animals.
D They changed the grammar of English and Spanish.
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文章第三段提到 “the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies”，即16世纪和17世纪来到美国的英国人和西班牙人给他们发现的所有新植物和动物命名，通过这种方式，数百个新单词被引入到英语和西班牙语词汇中。
- A选项：“They found many new plants and animals”，虽然他们确实发现了新的动植物，但这不是题目所问的他们做了什么的核心内容，重点在于他们通过命名引入了新单词，所以A选项不准确。
- B选项：“They introduced new words into English and Spanish”，与原文中他们通过命名新动植物将新单词引入英语和西班牙语的内容相符，该选项正确。
- C选项：“They gave names to different animals”，原文提到他们给新发现的植物和动物都命名了，C选项只提到动物，不全面，所以C选项错误。
- D选项：“They changed the grammar of English and Spanish”，原文中并没有提及他们改变了英语和西班牙语的语法，所以D选项错误。