A. FOR B. AT C. TO D. ONREAD THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND MARK THE LE...

44. A. for B. at C. to D. onRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswer to each of the questions.American and British people both speak English, of course, but sometimes it does not seem like the same language.In fact, there are some important differences between British and American English.First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say all the letters in each word, especiallyconsonants like “t” and “d”. For example, Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know”, or they maysay “Whaddya say?” instead of “What do you say?” However, the British usually pronounce their consonantscarefully.Also, some letters have different sounds. For example, Americans say the “a” in “class” like “a” in “cat”, but theBritish say the “a” in “class” like the “a” in “half”. The “r” is sometimes said differently, too. When an Americansays “farmer”, you can usually hear the “r”. But you can’t hear the “r” in British English. The British say “fahmah”.Sound is not the only difference between British English and American English. The two languages have differentwords for some things. For example, the words for clothing are different. Americans use the word “sweater”, butthe English say “jumper”. Americans wear “vests” over their shirts, but in England they wear “vests” under theirshirts. An American man wears a “tuxedo” to a very fancy party, but an Englishman wears a “dinner jacket”.Americans talk about “pants” or “slacks”, but the British talk about “trousers”.Many expressions are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone friends, you“ring them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. The British use the word “lovely” to describe something theylike. Americans use the word “nice” or “great”.There are also some differences in grammar. For example, Americans almost always use the helping verb “do”with the verb “have”. They might say, “Do you have an extra pen?” The British often ask the question a differentway. They might say, “Have you got an extra pen?”The differences can be confusing if you are learning English. But there is a reason for the differences. Languageschange over time. When the same language is used in different places, it changes differently in each place. This iswhat happened to English. It also happened to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speakFrench, but their French is different from the French spoken in France.