第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
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American and British people both speak English. 16
17 Often, Americans don't say each word separately(单独地). They say words together. Americans may say "I dunno." instead of "I don't know." However, the British are more careful. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.
Sound is not the only difference. Sometimes they have different words for the same thing. 18 Americans drive lorries, but in the UK, people drive trucks.
19 In the UK, if you are going to call your friends, you "phone them up". In America, you "give them a call".
Most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English. 20 Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French in France.
A. English is widely used in China.
B. It can also happen to other languages like French.
C. For example, the vocabulary(词汇) for cars and driving is very different.
D. But sometimes there are some important differences between British English and American English.
E. English in these two countries is different only in sound.
F. First of all, they sound very different.
G. Many expressions(表达) are also different in the two countries.
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