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_

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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

小题2:

A．citizens

B．inventions

C．changes

D．advances

小题3:

A．pick

B．tell

C．take

D．judge

小题4:

A．voice

B．place

C．language

D．way

小题5:

A．disappeared

B．stayed

C．returned

D．formed

小题6:

A．said

B．talked

C．spoke

D．called

小题7:

A．then

B．hardly

C．clearly

D．still

小题8:

A．necessary

B．native

C．common

D．lively

小题9:

A．of

B．into

C．up

D．out

小题10:

A．another

B．the other

C．none

D．something

小题11:

A．discovered

B．added

C．improved

D．learned

小题12:

A．accepted

B．known

C．introduced

D．understood

小题13:

A．new

B．short

C．different

D．surprising

小题14:

A．produced

B．made

C．developed

D．used

小题15:

A．having

B．bringing

C．getting

D．making

小题16:

A．types

B．names

C．degrees

D．parts

小题17:

A．putting

B．staying

C．living

D．growing

小题18:

A．British

B．American

C．educated

D．ordinary

小题19:

A．families

B．buses

C．movies

D．newspapers

小题20:

A．need

B．expect

C．seem

D．happen

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