You are learning large numbers of new 3 from reading. This can help you to have a bigger and richer vocabulary（词汇量）. 4 you read a lot, you will meet with many new words that you would not often use in daily life. Reading often also helps 5 your writing because new words 6 in your compositions.

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　　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?”, while Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honor” are British, while “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．Are there many differences in grammar between British and American English?

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A．There are few differences between them.

B．There are many differences between them.

C．There are some differences between them.

D．There are not any differences between them.

2．Americans don't say “Have you a pen?”, do they?

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3．Who say “in hospital”? Who say “in the hospital”?

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A．Americans say “in the hospital” while Englishmen say “in hospital”.

B．Americans say “in hospital” while Englishmen say “in the hospital”.

C．Both Americans and Englishmen say “in hospital”.

D．Neither Americans nor Englishmen say “in hospital”.

4．From the article(文章) we can know ________.

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A．American English is better than British English.

B．It's not so difficult for a British English speaker to understand American English.

C．The spelling of “color” is wrong while the spelling of “colour” is right.

D．We should say “in hospital” instead of “in the hospital”.

5．What's the main idea of the article?

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A．We should learn both American English and British English.

B．British and American English are two different languages.

C．American English is more useful than British English.

D．Speakers of British and American English speak the same language.

B: I have learned English for about ten years.

A: How do you usually learn English after class?

B: 　　 (2)　　  .

A: Do you often listen to cassettes?

B:    (3)    . So my listening skills are not good.

A: 　　(4)　　 ?

B: Yes, I have. It’s a good way to improve the spoken English.

A: My spoken English is bad. My vocabulary is too small. Do you have any good ideas?

B: 　　 (5)　　 .

A: Thank you and may you make greater progress in your English.

B: 　　 (6)　　  .

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary（词汇）. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger Read as many books as you can There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them when you meet a new word, find it your dictionary your dictionary is your most useful book.

A．only about two thousand words.

B．five hundred thousand words.

C．three or four thousand words.

D．only over one thousand words.

A．two thousand words.

B．hundreds of words.

C．different kinds of words.

D．many thousands of words.

A．read as many books as possible.

B．get as many dictionaries as you can.

C．buy plenty of books.

D．have a very large English dictionary.

A．your vocabulary.

B．the books written in easy English.

C．your dictionary.

D．finding new words in a dictionary.