A student is studying British English. He wonders: Can I have a talk with Americans? Can they catch
me? Learners of English often ask--what are the differences between British English and American
English? How important are these differences?
Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few
differences in grammar(语法). For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have
you a pen?” Americans “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation (发音) is sometimes
different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “car”and “farm”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in these words. There are differences between British English and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour”and “honour” are British English spellings. “Color” and
"honor” are American English spellings.
These differences are in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary. However, they are not
important. For the most part, British English and American English are the same language.
B. Do you have a new book
C. Are you have a new book
D. Can you to have a new book
B. different
C. high
D. short
B. favurite
C. favorite
D. favrite
B. in the hospital
C. by hospital
D. to hospital
B. British English and American English are two different languages
C. speakers of British English and American English speak the same language
D. we shouldn"t speak English
正确的形式,使短文通顺,。
London is one of the c 2 with a long h 3 in Britain. It is also the b 4 city in Europe. You can find some of the best theatres and m 5 of the world there, such as the National Theatre, the National
Gallery(画廊) and so on. You may visit many places of i 6 there. Most of the old and f 7
buildings are on the n 8 bank of the River Thames. On the south bank, there are some fine m 9
buildings.
If you want to know the people there better, you should learn more about the l 10 and the culture as well.
teaches something behind—the culture (文化 ) of the country.
In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and language join together and they pay much attention to (注意)personal ideas. Teachers try to make each student special. Students do not have to remember a lot of information, instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There
is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages (鼓励)personal thought ( 思想 ). The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer
and not only to get the correct answer.
In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason,
the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan
often work together and help each other on homework. In the classroom, the ways of teaching are often
very traditional.The teacher says,and the students listen.There is not much discussion.Instead,the students
repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.
In many ways these differences come from educational ideas. In Western countries teachers are taught
to help students to learn. They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. In some Asian( 亚洲 ) countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is pass knowledge ( 知识 ) to students.
1. Do students in the United States have to remember a lot of information?
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2. In which country there is often discussion in the classroom, America or Japan?
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3. What does the education in the United States encourage?
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4. Which does the education in some Asian countries pay more attention to, group goals or personal
ideas?
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5. Put the sentence "In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is pass
knowledge to students." into Chinese.
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strong wind. The sea is very big. It covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some
places. In one place, the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain(山) in the world is about
nine kilornetres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would still be two
kilometres of water above it!
In most parts of the sea,there are plenty of f ishes and plants (植物). Some live near the top of the
sea.Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fish live by eating them.
The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men
can go down into the deep sea. But, in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen
days.
B. about the sea
C. a news report
D. a poem
B. The sea is very terrible when the wind blows hard.
C. The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.
D. The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they would feel there.
B. 2/3
C. 1/4
D. 3/4
B. they live to eat apples
C. they are good food for fish
D. they are too small for fish to catch
B. women wanted to swim in the sea
C. women could go deeper into the sea than men
D. women liked living in the sea
阅读理解。
Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took
days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and
pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country
and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since (自从) the 18th century (世纪).
Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news
stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or
they may print completely (完全地) different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don"t want to read stories about
everyday life As a result (结果), many stories are about some kind of danger and seem(似乎) to be
"bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print
stories about plane accidents (事故).
Another factor (因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news
in foreign countries, but more prefer(更喜欢) to read stories about people, places and events (事件) in
their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from
the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
1. According (根据) the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?
A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place oh foot or by horse.
B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C. They watch TV or read newspapers.
D. They listen to the radio every day.
2. The difference (区别) between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _____.
A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper
B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C. people can read news stories in other countries
D. people can read news stories about their own country
3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Five.
D. Six.
4. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?
A. You often play football with your friends after school.
B. Your teacher has got a cold.
C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn"t been caught.
D. The bike in the front of your house is lost.
5. Which of the following is Not True of this passage?
A. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.
B. People like to read interesting and unusual news.
C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world.
D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.
What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The
telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are
three other important inventions.
One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people"s houses.
Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every
autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay became a kind of common
animal food, animals could live through the long winter.
The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do "close work" after the age
of forty-five. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.
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