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American English and British English

  The Americans and British use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi!”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?”. “Hi!” is creeping into(不知不覺地進(jìn)入) British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you.” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Please to meet you.” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day.” or “Have a good trip.” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are beginning to use “Have a good day.”

  The British usually use “have got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do.

  Am. E:-Do you have a. car, room, etc.?

 。璝es, I do.

  Br. E:-Have you got a car, room, etc.?

 。璝es, I have.

  Finally, there are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, for example, check (US)/cheque (UK); center (US)/centre (UK). Many American words ending in “or” such as honor, vigor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our” like honour, vigour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, such as organize, realizing, are spelt in British English with “ise” or “ising” like organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used as both a verb and a noun. In British English, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice”. And in the main, American English avoids the doubling up of consonants(輔音字母) in nouns and verbs while British English does not. In American English, for example, one writes “travel, traveled, traveling, traveler” while in British English one writes “travel, travelled, travelling, traveller”.

  It was once predicted(預(yù)測) that British and American English would become separate languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links(連接) between the two countries are so strong that linguistically(語言上), and probably culturally(文化上) too, they are closer together than ever.

1.The American hardly say ________.

[  ]

A.Good-bye, have a good day!

B.Glad to know you!

C.Hi!

D.Have you got a car?

2.An Englishman writes ________.

[  ]

A.cheque, center
B.honor, organise
C.traveled, practice
D.labour, traveller

3.What does the third paragraph talk about?

[  ]

A.There are lots of differences in spelling between Am. E and Br. E.

B.Why the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C.There are few differences in spelling between Am. E and Br. E.

D.The different usages of words in Am. E and Br. E.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[  ]

A.The two languages will become separate languages gradually.

B.American English will be used more often than British English.

C.The two languages will be closer and closer.

D.British English will be used more often than American English.

答案:D;D;A;C
解析:

  1D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段知美國幾乎不說have got.

  2D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題。據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句。

  3A  主旨概括題。第三段主要說明英式英語與美式英語拼寫方面的不同。

  4C  推理判斷題。最后一段最后一句。


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  Sweden's pop phenomenon, which started with ABBA in the seventies, has exploded into A large industry ranging from CD sales to concert tours. But homegrown bands And CD makers Are only A part of the success. World stars Are beating A path to Sweden's music producers whose studios And songwriters lie behind many An Ameri can And British success.

  Denis Pop— one of the greatest Swedish pop producers — put Sweden on the map, writing And producing hitA fter hit for stars As the Back street Boys, Boll Jovi And Britney Spears. French-Canadian Celine Dion, American Boy band 98 Degrees And American singer Jenni fel Lopez turn to Sweden for songs composed by music writer And producer Arnthor Birgison.

  All this has made Sweden the world's third biggest exporter of music But how did Sweden manage to spread its sound All over the globe?

  Birgison, 25, believes the traditional Swedish Approach to hard work And An unfriendly climate Are key to the music sensation (轟動(dòng)). Besides, Swedes Are Also very good At speaking English, which is very. important, because very little music sung in other languages succeeds Anywhere outside its home country. Another piece in the puzzle is that Swedish children At An early stage get to try out musical instruments And learn music theory in school, At little cost to their parents.

(1)

We can learn from the Above passage that.

[  ]

A.

Sweden exports tile largest Amount of music to the outside world

B.

Swedish musical training theory is puzzling to kids of early Ages

C.

Swedish musicians have made great contribution to world music

D.

most of the western singers' success bases on the work of the Swedish Artists

(2)

What does "ABBA' in the opening paragraph most probably refer to?

[  ]

A.

a music group.

B.

A successful industrialist.

C.

A CD maker.

D.

A music producer.

(3)

Which of the following leads to the success of Swedish music And musicians?

[  ]

A.

The Artists' hard work.

B.

Poor weather conditions.

C.

The musical training system.

D.

All of the Above.

(4)

If the Swedish musical Artists couldn't speak good English,____.

[  ]

A.

they wouldn't be Able to learn the up-to-date music theories

B.

the Swedish music wouldn't have been so internationally successful

C.

they would have difficulty in communicating with foreign singers

D.

they wouldn't have children start to learn music At An early Age

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