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閱讀理解 　　A quarrel about how great would the differences between the two kinds of English be in the future caused and the following is my point of view． 　　Being the ruling language of the other native Englishes(Canadian English, Australian English, New Zealand English and South African English), British English and American English today are the two main English languages of the English-speaking world．Although too many has already been said over how the types, and the possible effects between the two kinds will be in the future, the quarrel on the problem has not come to an end at all． 　　The difference between the two kinds of English have continue over the centuries．Noah Webster(in Dissertations on the English Language)requests that American language should come from the necessary English．He also predicted(預測)that “North American English would sometime be as different from British as Dutch, Danish and Swedish are from German or from one another”． 　　Writers of the twentieth century hold entirely different attitude toward those of the old centuries, they hope to have a much more pure feeling between American and British English． 　　Long after its introduction(介紹)into the New World, American English was still considered non-standard English．Mr．Kahane pointed out that according to some people of the 1780s American English was the a peasant’s language that a “gentleman”will not speak． 　　According to Campbell’s guess, 70% of 350 million native English speakers speak the American English．In fact, the populations of the two leading mother tongue English countries are even more．The United States has a population of about 260 million while there is only about 55 million in Britain． (1) What languages are important in the English speaking world now? The important languages are ________． (2) Which languages are from Germany and another country? They are ________, ________and ________． (3) What do you think is not native and pure when American English into the New World? ________ was considered non-standard English． (4) In which country do you think native English speakers who speak American English are fewer? I think native English speakers in ________ are fewer than in America．

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答案：1．British English and American English;2．Dutch,Danish,Swedish;3．American,English;4．Britain;
解析：

(1)	從文章的第二段第一句“…British English and American English today are the two main English languages of the English-speaking world．”來理解，應該是：British English and American English．
(2)	根據(jù)第三段的第三個句子“He also predicted(預測)that ‘North American English would sometime be as different from British as Dutch, Danish and Swedish are from German or from one another’”來判定，此句中有連詞as，引導一個從句，緊跟其后的從句要說明的那部分，問句中用了from Germany and another country代替from German or from one another．由此可知，Dutch, Danish and Swedish是來自德國或另外其他地方．
(3)	這道題屬于詞語轉換題．從倒數(shù)第二段的第一句話“Long after its introduction(介紹)into the New World, American English was still considered non-standard English．”來思考．通過問題中的not native and pure，猜出文中與此相關的意思．所以應理解是American English．
(4)	此題屬于數(shù)字理解和順反理解題．從最后一段來分析，“…native English speakers speak the American English…The United States has a population of about 260 million while there is only about 55 million in Britain．”，可得出結論，native English speakers in Britain are fewer than in America是最佳答案．

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本文就英國英語和美國英語所展開的一場爭論，文中的短語都是有關British English and American English today的詞．判斷短語的意思，可從文章的上下文以及字面上理解，一定要理解句意，特別要注意猜詞以及把握好連接句子的關聯(lián)詞as等．從2005年各自主命題的思路來分析，2006年的命題一定少不了有關這方面的考查項目．