单选题 The spellings of many Old English words have been ______ in the living language, although their pronunciations have changed.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意：很多古英语单词的拼写在现代英语中被保留下来，尽管他们的发音已经改变了。preserve保存；保护。preempt先占；先取。revise修正；复习。improve提高。