Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）

Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）
A、English is more closely related to German than French.
B、Scandinavian languages refer to Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
C、Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.
D、Middle English absorbed a tremendous number of foreign words but with little change in word endings.
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：英语的发展If we say that Old English was a language of full endings, Middle English was one of leveled endings.古英语是词尾复杂的高度屈折的语言；中古英语词尾屈折变化较少了。