（北京卷33）. some people regard as a drawback is seen as a plus by many others.
| A．Whether | B．What | C．That | D．How |
Geography also plays a part _____________ dialects.
| A．in making | B．on taking |
| C．in working | D．on creating |
India has a very large _______ of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.
| A．amount | B．deal | C．more | D．number |
All languages change and develop when cultures _______ and communicate with each other.
| A．appear | B．meet | C．change | D．develop |
I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others _______________.
| A．to gossip | B．gossip |
| C．have gossiped | D．gossiping |
It was the first time in _________ that I’d seen the night face to face.
| A．a year and half | B．a year and a half |
| C．a half and a year | D．half and a year |