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2008~2009学年度第一学期期中试卷 高 一 英 语 三、完形填空（20分） 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 37 many changes in 38 places that now people can 39 tell an English person 40 an American in the way he or she speaks． Many old words 41 in England but were kept in America．For example，300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “faucet”，a“spigot”or a“tap”．All these words are 42 heard in different parts of America，but only “tap”is still common in 43 ．Americans often made up new words or changed old 44 ． “Corn”is one kind of plant in America and 45 in England． Also，over the last three centuries the English language 46 thousands of new words for things that weren’t known 47 ．And often，American and English people used two 48 names for them．A tin can is called“tin”for short in England，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 having something to do 50 cars，railroads，etc． 51 different names in British and American English． But now American and British English may be growing close together．One 52 is the large number of American speeches that British people hear daily in movies，on television，or 53 travelers． 54 this，Americans seem to be influencing the British more or less．So some day，English may even be 55 on both sides of the Atlantic． 36． A．following B．recent C．oldest D．last 37． A．such B．too C．so D．great 38． A．either B．both C．neither D．two 39． A．hardly B．difficultly C．clearly D．easily 40． A．with B．from C．to D．and 41． A．disappeared B．were disappeared C．spoke D．took 42． A．not B．hardly C．also D．still 43． A．America B．the two countries C．England D．British 44． A．word B．forms C．ones D．ways 45． A．another B．also planted C．a plant D．a kind of food 46． A．a