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9题
A、diverse
B、unique
C、ancient
D、modern
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：词义辨析：“从西欧国家来的成百万的移民者….带来了他们独特的文化。” unique 独特的，独一无二的； diverse 多种多样的； ancient 古老的； modern 现代的。