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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