One big difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. For example, the British use the word “autumn” 1. the Americans use the word “fall”. In this case, the older word is “autumn”. However, about four hundred years ago, the word “autumn” was 2. with “fall”. Later, the British returned to “autumn”, while the 3. still use “fall”.
Of course, people from many different countries came to America and made their 4. to American English. Indeed, in American English there are words from every major 5. spoken on Earth. Many of these words are absent in British English.
6. big distinction between American and British English is spelling. After the Americans defeated the British in 1781 and 7. independence, they wanted to make their spelling of English words 8. . Therefore, Americans write “color” 9. “colour”.
Finally, the pronunciations and accents are different. Both countries have slowly 10. the way they say the same words, but in different ways. This process is continuing even today.A
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解析：文章讲述的是美国英语和英国英语在词汇，拼写和发音方面的不同。
【小题1】上下文，根据上一句可知，该句讲的是英国英语和美国英语在词汇方面的不同，所以此处应当选择while表示对比，意为然而 when 既然，当……时候 as ,though尽管
【小题2】上下文，根据 the British returned to “autumn”可知，autumn曾经不被使用了，所以选择B意为被fall取代了。
【小题3】上下文，根据第一段第二行the Americans use the word “fall可知，是美国人在使用fall这个词
【小题4】句意理解。Make contributions to 意为对……做贡献 invention发明，donation捐献 product陈品， 均无此搭配
【小题5】句意理解。根据there are words 可知，此处讲的是语言，所以此句意思是在美国英语中有很多词是来自世界上所有的主要语言。
【小题6】上下文，第一段中one difference is .. 此处是another difference is ……意为，一个区别是……，另一个区别是……
【小题7】考查动词搭配。Gain independence意为获得独立 根据Americans defeated the British in 1781 可知，美国打败了英国，获得了独立
【小题8】上下文，根据, Americans write “color” 39. “colour”可知，是把单词变简单了
【小题9】同上
【小题10】上下文，根据the pronunciations and accents are different可知，他们的发音和口音也不同了，因为他们改变了他们说同一个单词的方法。