People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the
__36__ 300 years, there were so many__
_37__ in both places that now people can easily__
_38__ an English person from an American in the__
_39__ he or she talks.
Many old words__
_40__ in England but were kept in America.For example,300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they__
41__either a“faucet”,“spigot”,or a“tap”.All these words are__
_42__ heard in different parts of America, but only “tap”is still__
_43_ in England.Americans often make__
_44__ new words or change old ones. “Corn”is one kind of plant in America and__
45__ in England.
Also, over the last three centuries the English language has__
_46__ thousands of new words for things that weren’t__
_47__ before. And often, American and Eng

lish people used two
__48__ names for them. A tin can is called“tin”for short in English, but a “can”in America.The word “radio”is
__49__all over the world, including America.But many English people call it a “wireless”.And almost anything__
_50__ something to do with cars, railroads, etc.has different__
_51__ in British and American English.
But now American and British English may be__
_52__ closer together. One thing is that__
53_ people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in__
_54__, on television, or from travelers. Because of this, Americans__
_55__ to be influencing the British more and more. So some day, English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
| 小题1: | | A.past | B.recent | C.oldest | D.latest |
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| 小题2: | | A.citizens | B.inventions | C.changes | D.advances |
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| 小题3: | | A.pick | B.tell | C.take | D.judge |
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| 小题4: | | A.voice | B.place | C.language | D.way |
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| 小题5: | | A.disappeared | B.stayed | C.returned | D.formed |
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| 小题6: | | A.said | B.talked | C.spoke | D.called |
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| 小题7: | | A.then | B.hardly | C.clearly | D.still |
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| 小题8: | | A.necessary | B.native | C.common | D.lively |
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| 小题10: | | A.another | B.the other | C.none | D.something |
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| 小题11: | | A.discovered | B.added | C.improved | D.learned |
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| 小题12: | | A.accepted | B.known | C.introduced | D.understood |
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| 小题13: | | A.new | B.short | C.different | D.surprising |
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| 小题14: | | A.produced | B.made | C.developed | D.used |
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| 小题15: | | A.having | B.bringing | C.getting | D.making |
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| 小题16: | | A.types | B.names | C.degrees | D.parts |
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| 小题17: | | A.putting | B.staying | C.living | D.growing |
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| 小题18: | | A.British | B.American | C.educated | D.ordinary |
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| 小题19: | | A.families | B.buses | C.movies | D.newspapers |
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| 小题20: | | A.need | B.expect | C.seem | D.happen |
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