第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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Do you think Great Britain and the United States are alike？Winston Churchill once joked that the people of Britain and the people of America are separated(分离的)only by their language. Do you think that is true？The British and the Americans both speak English as the official language. However，each uses some different words. We Americans are similar to the Britain. After all，our country was once owned by Great Britain，so we have a lot in common. But there are many differences between us.
