A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communica
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Astudent is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交际) with Americans? Can they understand me?Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British andAmerican English? How important are these differences?
Certainly,there are some differences between British and American English. There are afew differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “inhospital” and “Have you a pen?”, Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do youhave a pen?”.Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually soundtheirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do notsound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and AmericanEnglish in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “color” and “honor” areBritish, “color” and “honor” are American.
Thesedifferences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are notimportant, however. For the most part, British and American English are thesame language.
1.According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American Englishmight be afraid that __________.
A. British people cannot understand him
B. American people cannot understand him
C. the grammar is too hard for him
D. the spelling is too hard for him
2. American English and British English are different in __________.
A. spelling B.pronunciation
C. grammar D.all of the above
3.What is NOT mentioned(提及)in the passage?
A.Whether there are differences between British English and American English.
B. Whether British English and American English are one language ortwo.
C. How the differences between British English and American Englishcame about.
D. How important the differences are.
4.Most __________ say “Do you have a watch?”
A. British people B.Americans
C. children D.teachers
5. According to this passage, British people and Americans have__________ difficulty in understanding each other.
A. little B.much
C. some D.great
试题答案
答案：1A2D3C4B5A
提示：1题此题考查细节事实和辨别能力。学美式英语的学生常会担心英国人不懂得他们的意思，从文中第一段可以找到。 2题文章第二段给出了英式英语和美式英语的几点不同：在拼写、发音、词汇及语法上。故此题选D。 3题此题亦用排除法。只有英式及美式英语不同之处的起源本文中没有涉及，故选C。 5题本文第三段意在指明：尽管英式英语和美式英语在几个方面有些不同，但大体来说，它们仍同属一种语言。所以说英国人和美国人相互理解起来也没有多大的困难。
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