Question

【題目】 There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.

When my friend Lily from London used the word "larder", I didn't know what it meant. Realizing I didn't follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.

The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.

Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.

Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store（食品雜貨店）recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.

In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.

【1】When Lily used the word "larder", she was probably looking for a ________.

A. cupB. ladder

C. cupboardD. cooker

【2】What does the underlined phrase "jotted down" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Wrote down.B. Left behind.

C. Looked for.D. Settled down.

【3】According to the passage, Lily regretted sending her boys to watch a tennis game mainly because ________. .

A. the game was boring

B. she wanted to spend time with her boys

C. she didn't dress her boys in thick clothes

D. her boys got lost

【4】What is the passage mainly about？

A. The British way of using words.

B. Some new words the writer's British friends taught her.

C. The reasons why Americans can't follow the British at times.

D. Some words used differently in British English and American English.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。作者通過生活中的一些例子告訴我們英式英語和美式英語的差異。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的"I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food"可知，Lily在尋找一個可以放食物的東西，由此推斷她想找的是“櫥柜”。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)前文The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date.可知作者和Lily正在計劃共進(jìn)午餐。根據(jù)"while I marked my calendar（日歷）"可知作者在日歷上標(biāo)記了日期，這說明她們已經(jīng)定好了日期。由此推測在作者標(biāo)記日期的同時，Lily將日期寫在了日記本上。故選A項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those可知Lily后悔讓她的兒子在without their fleece的情況下觀看清晨的網(wǎng)球比賽，作者猜測Lily說“without their fleeces”是想說沒穿他們的夾克或者類似的衣服。這說明Lily后悔讓自己的兒子去看網(wǎng)球比賽是因為沒給自己的兒子穿厚衣服，故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting. 可知作者說英式英語和美式英語之間有一些不同，有一些差異很有趣。之后舉了一些例子來說明這些有趣的差異（主要是用詞上的）。也就是本文主要講述了英式英語和美式英語的一些詞在使用上的差異，故選D。

概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段開頭再看全文找主題句，若無明顯主題句，就通過關(guān)鍵詞句來概括(如議論文中尋找表達(dá)作者觀點態(tài)度的詞句，記敘文尋找概括情節(jié)和中心的動詞或反映人物特點的形容詞)。文中出現(xiàn)兩種或兩種以上的不同觀點時，務(wù)必牢記作者的觀點才是體現(xiàn)全文中心的。本文的第一段There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.很明顯就是主題句，考生只要注意第一段就可以抓住全文主旨，即英式英語和美式英語的一些差異，選出正確答案D項。