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  The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare,if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national compe?tition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage,trash can,sidewalk,candy,sneakers,soda,and flashlight.

  The stories,written by pupils aged 7 to 13,show how fairy cakes are re?ferred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo.

  Television also has a powerful influence on children's work,with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.

  But pupils are let down by basic spelling,punctuation and grammar,ac?cording to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP) , which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Two's 500 Words competition.

  Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as "does" and "clothes" and often failed to use the past tense correctly,frequently writing "rised" instead of "rose" or "thinked" instead of "thought".

  Researchers also found that punctuation was underused,especially semi?colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. How?ever,exclamation marks were overused. Researchers found 35       ,171 examples in total,with some young writers using five at a time !

  Popular US fiction such as the Tvuilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling.Meanwhile,fears that texting was corrupting children's written work were unfounded,they said,with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.

  Samantha Armstrong from OUP said, "Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future. " Chris Evans,whose radio show runs the com?petition,said the results were "fascinating", adding, "Who'd have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?"

1. According to the passage,which of the following is an example of British English?

   A. Sneakers. B. Fairy cakes.

   C. Tuxedo. D. Candy.

2. Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils' stories?

   A. Text message language.

   B. A variety of Americanisms.

   C. Overuse of exclamation marks.

   D. Names of famous TV stars.

3. The underlined word "unfounded" in Paragraph 7 probably means "         ”.

   A. unbearable   B. unnoticeable

   C. not found   D. not based on facts

4. The passage is intended to          .

   A. show that British children have spelling and grammar abilities

   B. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way

   C. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in Britain

   D. criticize the influence of popular US culture on British children's lan?guage use

1. B细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句和第二段内容可知,sneakers,tuxedo和candy是美式英语词汇;fairy cakes在美式英语中是cupcakes故选B项。

2. A细节理解题。根据第七段中"Meanwhile,fears that texting was corrupting children's written work were un?founded,they said,with youngsters only using text lan?guage when they were referring to a text message. ”可知,短信中的语言没有在学生的故事中发现。故选A项。

3. D词义猜测题。根据"...they said,with youngsters on?ly using text language when they were referring to a text message."可知unfounded意为"没有根据的"。故选D项。

4. C写作意图题。全文讨论了英国书面英语的明显变化并分析了其演变过程。故选C项。

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  People use their mouths for many things. They eat,talk,shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language,there are many expressions using the word "mouth".

  For example,if you say bad things about a person,the person might pro?test and say, "Do not bad mouth me. ” Sometimes,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say, "I really put my foot in my mouth this time. " If this should hap?pen,the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words,he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

  Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest, "I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth."

  Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this,too. You might say such a person "was born with a silver spoon in his mouth". This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life,like food.

  Parents might sometimes keep a child off sweet food as a form of punish?ment for saying bad things. For example,if a child says things she should not say to her parents,she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.

  But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough. 

1. When will a person probably say "Do not bad mouth me. ”?

   A. When he feels down.

   B. When he is regretful.

   C. When he is spoken ill of.

   D. When he gets angry.

2. What will the person say if he feels sorry for what he has said?

   A. Do not bad mouth me.

   B. Stop mouthing off.

   C. Do not put words in my mouth.

   D. I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

3. By saying " I have been running my mouth long enough", the speaker means "       ".

   A. I have run a long way

   B. I have talked too much

   C. I have learned a lot

   D. I have been a mouthy person

4. What is mainly talked about in the text?

   A. Expressions about the word "mouth".

   B. Functions of the organ "mouth".

   C. Opinions about "mouthy people".

   D. Meanings of the word "mouth".

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