第15题

①If you speak English, you might be acquainted with quite a few other languages as well: Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish, and Thai，to name just a （1） You may not be fluent in any of these languages, but every day you use words from their vocabularies. 

②In fact, （2）two or more different cultures establish and maintain contact over an extended period of time, the vocabulary of each culture's language （3）word borrowing from each of the other cultures' languages. English has borrowed words liberally from other languages to （4）its vocabulary. 

③In the United States, much of this word borrowing resulted （5）immigration. The United States has been peopled （6）by immigrants, from its birth to the present day. One great wave of immigration to the United States took place from about 1820 to 1850. Millions of people （7）poverty and famine in their countries of origin （8） improving the quality of their lives. From Western Europe came millions of immigrants --Irish, Germans, Scandinavians. Each of these groups brought with it a(n) （9）culture. Language of each culture eventually would be woven （10） the cultural fabric of the developing nation.
④From 1880 to the 1920s, （11）wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe and other places of the world （12）the cultural vitality of the United States. Each of these cultures has （13） the vocabulary of American English. Immigration to the United States （14）to this day. Immigrants brought with them new words that have reshaped American English during the past two （15）.American English will keep changing in the future.

第15题
A、centuries
B、decades
C、years
D、months
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：词义辨析，句子理解：“在过去的两个世纪里，移民者们带来了那些形成美式英语的新词。” century 世纪； decade 十年； year年； month 月。