题目内容
A: Where are you from?
B: I'm from Canada.
A: Really? I thought you were from the UnitedStates.
B: That's not 1_____. (surprise) . A lot of people can't tell the differences 2._____ an American accent and a Canadian accent. For example,most Canadians say news匚nju:z]，3._____ Americans say [nu:z]. We 4._____ (main) use American words,but we use quite a lot of British words,too. We fill our cars with "gas",5_____. is American English,but we turn on the "tap"? which is British English.
A: Oh!And do you use American 6_____. British spellings?
B: Both!American spellings 7._____ (use)more and more in Canada now. Generally speaking,newspapers follow the American way,but conference reports and schoolbooks use British spellings.
A;That sounds strange.
B: You mean 8._____ looks strange！I'll tell you something 9._____ does sound strange. Many
people think that Canadians all over the country speak the same way. But if you go to the eastern provinces,or go to some country areas,you'll notice that the peo- ple there speak quite 10_____. (difference) from the rest of Canada.
1. surprising 2. between 3. but/while 4. mainly 5. which
6. or 7. are used 8. it 9. that 10. differently
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