Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）

Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）
A、In modern times，borrowing brings less than ten percent of modern English vocabulary.
B、Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.
C、The most important mode of vocabulary development in present-day English is creation of new words by means of word-formation.
D、In early Middle English period，English，Latin，and Celtic existed side by side.
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：本题考查的比较综合，难度较大，需要对英语词汇发展的三个历史阶段：古英语词汇、中古英语词汇和现代英语词汇及其特点掌握。本题考查内容比较综合,需要考生比较分析三个阶段的英语发展的不同的特点进行辨析，D中English, Latin and French existed side by side.所以D错误