21. [A]said [B]told [C]talked [D]spoken

　　22. [A]same [B]similar [C]equal [D]identical

　　23. [A]anything[B]something[C]nothing [D] everything

　　24. [A]language [B]vocabulary[C]idioms [D]words

　　25. [A]Surprisingly [B] Historically [C]Interestingly [D]Generally

　　26. [A]accent [B]pronunciation [C]spelling [D] dialect

　　27.[A]preferred [B]learned[C]praised[D]created

　　28.[A]to[B]in [C]as [D]for

　　29. [A]basis [B]norm [C]rule [D]variety

　　30. [A] formal [B]colloquial [C]nonstandard [D]standard

　　31. [A]not [B]very [C]much [D]hardly

　　32 [A]variation [B] standardization [C] unification [D] transformation

　　33. [A]while [B]but [C]so that[D]nevertheless

　　34. [A]great [B]much [C]no [D]little

　　35. [A]talked[B] concerned [C]mentioned [D]involved

　　36. [A]press [B]pressure [C]power [D] force

　　37. [A]lost[B]gained [C]missed [D]got

　　38. [A]abandoned[B]changed [C] standardized [D] reformed

　　39. [A]latter [B]later [C]late[D]lately

　　40. [A]in the way [B]under way [C]out of the way[D]all the way