Question

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交際) 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.
【小題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

【小題2】American English and British English are different in __________.

A．spelling

B．pronunciation

C．grammar

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

【小題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.

【小題4】Most ______say “Do you have a watch?”

A．British people

B．Americans

C．children

D．teachers

【小題5】According to this passage, British people and Americans have ______ difficulty in understanding each other.

A．little

B．much

C．some

D．great

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】A

解析【小題1】A 此題考查細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)和辨別能力。學(xué)美式英語的學(xué)生常會擔(dān)心英國人不懂得他們的意思，從文中第一段可以找到。
【小題1】D文章第二段給出了英式英語和美式英語的幾點(diǎn)不同。在拼寫、發(fā)音、詞匯及語法上。 故此題選D。
【小題1】C 此題亦用排除法。只有英式及美式英語不同之處的起源本文中沒有涉及。故選C。
【小題1】B 從第二段中Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”.可推知。
【小題1】A 解析 本文第三段意在指明：盡管英式英語和美式英語在幾個(gè)方面有些不同，但大體來說它們?nèi)酝瑢僖环N語言。所以說英國人和美國人相互理解起來也沒有多大的困難。