Question

 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。 

among,easy,matter,hundred,language,difficult,different,wide, spelling,between,spoken,less

   The English language we know today is about six 1      years ago. For half that time,English was just the language of the people living inEngland. The modem English language grew by about the year 1400. Now English is the most 2      spoken language in the world. It is one of the working 3      at international meetings,business，science and other fields.

   The  4       between American English and British  English are not very great. Written English is more or 5      the same in bothBritainandAmerica, though there are some 6      differences. For example, centre， licence, colour, and travelled are spelt as center, license， color and traveled in American English. In America cook, rubber, ill，holiday，post... are called rooster eraser, sick, vacation，mailBut people from the two countries can still understand each other 7      There are only a very small number of differences in grammar  8       American English and British English.

  The most important differences are in 9      English. For example,Americans pronounce “tomato” differently from English people.

You may wonder Which is correct?” The answer is that it does not 10       You should speak either American English or British English. But do not try to speak both at the same time.

1.        2.        3.        4.        5.       

6.        7.        8.        9.        10.       

Answer 1

 1. hundred 2. widely 3. languages 4. differences

5. less 6. spelling 7. easily 8. between

9. spoken 10. matter