2016届高考英语一轮复习 Unit2《English around the World》完形填空全方位训练8 新人教版必修1_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语一轮复习 Unit2《English around the World》完形填空全方位训练8 新人教版必修1

　　2016届高考英语一轮复习全方位配套训练人教版必修一Unit 2 English around the World完形填空8

　　People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries.And in the　　1　　300 years，there were　　2　　many changes in　　3　　places that now people can　　4　　tell an English person　　5　　an American in the way he or she talks.

　　Many old words　　6　　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　　7　　heard in different parts of America，but only “tap” is still common in　　8　　.Americans often made up new words or changed old　　9　　.“Corn” is one kind of plant in America and　　10　　in England.Also，over the last three centuries the English language　　11　　thousands of new words for things that weren’t known　　12　　.And often，American and English people used two　　13　　names for one thing.A tin can is called “tin” for short in England，but a “can” in America.The word “radio” is　　14　　all over the world，including American.But many English people call it “wireless”.And almost anything having something to do　　15　　cars，railroads，etc.　　16　　different names in British and American English.　　But now American and British English may be growing closer together.One　　17　　is the large amount of American speech that British people hear daily in movies，on televisions，or　　18　　travellers.　　19　　this，Americans seem to be influencing (影响) the British more and more.So some day，English may even be　　20　　on both sides of the Atlantic.