Which of the following words is brought about by political changes as regards the growth of present-day English vocabulary?（）

Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.

The languages made only a small contribution to the English vocabulary with a few place names like Avon, Kent, Themes. 

The Germanic family consists of the four Northern European Languages: Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish and Swedish, which are generally known as （ ） languages. 

The Indo-European Language Family accordingly fall into （ ）principle groups, which can be grouped into an Eastern set and Western set.

Both English and （ ） belong to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.

The prehistoric （ ） parent language is thought to be a highly inflected language, which English originated from. 

The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe, （ ）,and India.

From the historical point of view, English is more closely related to（ ）

The Indo-European language is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and （ ）.

（ ） is considered to be a highly-inflected language.

The surviving languages accordingly fall into eight principal groups, which can be grouped into the（ ）set and the Western set.

The surviving languages fall into eight principal groups, which can be grouped into the Eastern set and the （ ） set. 

Which of the following words is brought about by political changes as regards the growth of present-day English vocabulary?（ ）

Martial arts from the Far East find their way into English vocabulary such as ​aikido, kungfu and black belt. These are just a few new words, but they will suffice to show（ ）.

New words or expressions like "astrobiology", "earthrise", "open-heart surgery" come into present-day English vocabulary due to（）.

Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of English new words?（ ）

Rapid growth of science and technology breeds such new words as the following EXCEPT（ ） 

Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the following EXCEPT（ ） 

The major factors that promote the growth of modern English are（ ）. 

Social, economic and political changes bring about such new words as the followings EXCEPT（）.