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    　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?

    　　Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say“in hospital”and“Have you a pen?”. Americans say“in the hospital”and‘Do you have a pen?’. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird”and“hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British,“color” and “honor” are American.

    　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.

    1．According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might 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 or two.

    C．How the differences between British English and American English came 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
    答案：A;D;C;B;A
    解析：

    　　1．　　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．　　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．　　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．

    　　4．　　从第二段中的第三行Americans say“in the hospital”and“Do you have a pen?”可知．

    　　5．　　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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