8. 选A。 harsh 苛刻的 rude粗糙的 粗鲁的casual 偶然的, 不经意的, 临时的。

7. 选C。or 是连词，被汽车压到用run over。

6. 选 A。feel like 和suggest后接动词时，要接动名词。

5. 选 B。这是with +宾语+ 过去分词结构。

4. 选B。由某人负责，所以用in the charge of。

3. 选D。向某人解释与介词to 连用，reason常与介词for连用。

2. 选D。这是祈使句，要用动词原形开头。

9. crazy 10. suggested.

Many students want to know about the d______ (1)between American English and British English. How did these differences　 c________ (2)about? There is no quick a________ (3) to this question. At first the language in Britain and America was the　 s_______(4). In 1776 America became an independent country. After that, the language slowly began to　 c________(5). For a long time the language in America s_______(6) the same, while the language in E_______ (7)changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about “fall”. Today, most British people talk about a_______(8), but Americans still talk about “fall”. In the same w_____(9) Americans still use the e _______(10 ) “I guess”( meaning “I think”) , just as the British did 300 years ago.

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10. The question ___________(discuss) tomorrow is whether income tax should be increased.