A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate 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 himD．the spelling is too hard for him
小題2: American English and British English are different in __________.
A．spellingB．pronunciationC．grammarD．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．AmericansC．childrenD．teachers
小題5:According to this passage, British people and Americans have __________ difficulty in understanding each other.
A．littleB．muchC．someD．great

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A 
文章介紹了美國英語和英國英語之間的差別。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)第一段1,2行的兩個問題可知學(xué)美國英語的學(xué)生擔心英國人不能理解他的意思。故A正確。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段可知美國英語和英國英語在拼寫，語法和發(fā)音方面都有區(qū)別，故D正確。
小題3:C 細節(jié)題。第二段第一句there are some differences between British and American English可知A提及了。在文章最后一句British and American English are the same language.說明B提及了。第三段第一句These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important說明D提及了，唯獨這些區(qū)別是怎么產(chǎn)生的，文章沒有提及，故C符合要求。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行Americans say “in the hospital” and ‘Do you have a pen?’說明這樣的問法應(yīng)該是美國人問的。故B正確。
小題5:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一句For the most part, British and American English are the same language.說明這是一種語言，那么這兩國人都可以很容易地理解對方的意思。故A正確。
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