Question

One big difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. For example, the British use the word “autumn” 1. ________ the Americans use the word “fall”. In this case, the older word is “autumn”. However, about four hundred years ago, the word “autumn” was 2. ________ with “fall”. Later, the British returned to “autumn”, while the 3. ________ still use “fall”.
Of course, people from many different countries came to America and made their 4. ________ to American English. Indeed, in American English there are words from every major 5. ________ spoken on Earth. Many of these words are absent in British English.
6. ________ big distinction between American and British English is spelling. After the Americans defeated the British in 1781 and 7. ________ independence, they wanted to make their spelling of English words 8. ________. Therefore, Americans write “color” 9. ________ “colour”.
Finally, the pronunciations and accents are different. Both countries have slowly 10. ________ the way they say the same words, but in different ways. This process is continuing even today.

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:D

文章講述的是美國英語和英國英語在詞匯，拼寫和發(fā)音方面的不同。
小題1:上下文，根據(jù)上一句可知，該句講的是英國英語和美國英語在詞匯方面的不同，所以此處應(yīng)當選擇while表示對比，意為然而  when 既然，當……時候 as   ,though盡管
小題2:上下文，根據(jù) the British returned to “autumn”可知，autumn曾經(jīng)不被使用了，所以選擇B意為被fall取代了。
小題3:上下文，根據(jù)第一段第二行the Americans use the word “fall可知，是美國人在使用fall這個詞
小題4:句意理解。Make contributions to 意為對……做貢獻 invention發(fā)明，donation捐獻 product陳品， 均無此搭配
小題5:句意理解。根據(jù)there are words 可知，此處講的是語言，所以此句意思是在美國英語中有很多詞是來自世界上所有的主要語言。
小題6:上下文，第一段中one difference is .. 此處是another difference is ……意為，一個區(qū)別是……，另一個區(qū)別是……
小題7:考查動詞搭配。Gain independence意為獲得獨立 根據(jù)Americans defeated the British in 1781 可知，美國打敗了英國，獲得了獨立
小題8:上下文，根據(jù), Americans write “color” 39. ________ “colour”可知，是把單詞變簡單了
小題9:同上
小題10:上下文，根據(jù)the pronunciations and accents are different可知，他們的發(fā)音和口音也不同了，因為他們改變了他們說同一個單詞的方法。