Question

American 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(不知不覺的)into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you.” The British say, “How do you do？” or “Pleased to meet you.” When Americans say “Good­bye”， they nearly always add, “Have a good day，” or “Have a good trip，” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day”。

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

Am.E: Do you have a car, room，etc.？Yes, I do.

Br.E: Have you got a car, room, etc.? Yes, I have.

Finally, there are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e．g.check(US)/cheque(UK); center(US)/centre(UK). Many American words ending in “or”， e．g. honor, vigor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our”， e．g. honour, vigour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize”or “izing” forms, e．g. organize, realizing are spelt in Br.E “ise”or “ising”，e.g.organise，realising.In American English, “practice”is used both for the verb and noun.In Br.E, the verb is spelt “practise”， and the noun “practice”. 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 that British and American English would became separate languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links(連接)between the two countries are so strong that linguistically(語言上的), and probably culturally(文化上的)too, they are closer together than ever.

1.The Americans hardly say________.

A．Good­bye.Have a good day!  B．Glad to know you!

C．Hi!     D．Have you got a car?

2.A British writes________.

A．cheque；center        B．honor；organise

C．traveled；practice     D．labour；traveller

3.What does the fifth paragraph talk about?

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

B．Why do 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?

A．The two languages will become separate languages. 

B．American English will be used more and more. 

C．The two languages will be closer and closer.

D．British English will be used more and more.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：美式英語與英式英語的區別。

1.D細節題。根據第二段The British usually use “got”in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do.得知D項是錯誤的。這是美國人不可能會說的， 必須讀懂題意是什么，才能得出正確答案。

2.D細節題。根據第五段所講英美在拼寫方面的區別，A項center是美式B項organise是美式C項practice 是美式，故選 D項。

3.A細節題。根據第五段第一句話Finally, there are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words，故選 A項。

4.C 細節題。根據最后 一段It was once predicted that British and American English would became separate languages finally. But the opposite has happened，得知A項錯誤。B與D  項沒有提到在文中。根據最后一段The links(連接)between the two countries are so strong that linguistically(語言上的), and probably culturally(文化上的)too, they are closer together than ever得知C項是正確的。

考點：文化類閱讀。