Question

  People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the past 300 1 ，there were so many 2 in both places that now people can 3 tell an English person from an American in the 4 he or she talks.

  Many old words 5in England but were kept in America. 6 ， 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they 7 either a "faucet"，"spigot"，or a "tap". All these words are 8 heard in different parts of America, but only "tap" is still common in England. Americans often 9 up new words or change old ones. " Corn" is one kind of plant in America and  10 in England.

  Also，over the last three centuries the English language has added thousands of new words 11 things that weren't 12 before. And often, American and English people used two 13 names for them. A tine an is called "tin" for short in English,but a "can" in America. The word "radio" is used all over the world, including 14   . But many English people call it a "wireless". And almost anything 15 something to do with cars,railroads, etc. has dif?ferent 16 in British and American English.

  But now American and British English may be 17 closer together. One thing is that the 18 people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in 19   , on television, or from travelers. Because of this,Americans seem to be 20 the British more and more. So some day，English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
(   ) 1. A. years    B. months C. centuries    D. decades

(   ) 2. A. citizens    B. inventions C. changes    D. advances

(   ) 3. A. not    B. easily      C. hardly    D. completely

(   ) 4. A. expression    B. gesture    C. language    D. way

(   ) 5. A. disappeared    B. stayed    C. returned    D. formed

(   ) 6. A. Such as    B. For example    C. Like    D. As

(   ) 7. A. used    B. invented     C. spoke    D. called

(   ) 8. A. then    B. hardly     C. clearly    D. still

(   ) 9. A. set    B. think         C. make    D. take

(   ) 10. A. another  B. the other    C. two    D. one

(   ) 11. A. to    B. for         C. on    D. into

(   ) 12. A. accepted    B. known   C. introduced    D. understood

(   ) 13. A. new    B. short       C. different   D. opposite

(   ) 14. A. Australia    B. India    C. France    D. America

(   ) 15. A. having    B. bringing    C. getting    D. making

(   ) 16. A. pronunciations    B. names   C. meanings    D. spellings

(   ) 17. A. remaining    B. staying    C. living    D. growing

(   ) 18. A. British    B. American     C. Europeans    D. African

(   ) 19. A. families    B. buses      C. movies    D. newspapers

(   ) 20. A. learning    B. improving     C. influencing    D. changing

Answer 1

1-5  ACBDA     6-10 BDDCA

11-15 BBCDA    16 -20 BDACC

本文简要介绍了英式英语和美式英语的不同。

1. A根据上文的"in the 16th and 17th centuries"，这里比较恰当的时间单位应该是"年"。

2. C从上下文可知，英国和北美的英语在过去的三百年里发生了很多"变化"，以至于现在人们很容易区分开英国人和美国人。

3. B这一空考查副词用法，根据对上文理解，两地的英语都发生了变化,有一些明显的差异，现在人们很"容易"通过英美两国人的讲话方式将他们区别开。

4. D方式状语"in the way (that) he or she talks"表示"以他或她讲话的方式"。"方式" 包括了 "表情"、"手势"和"用词"。

5. A此句意思是"很多旧单词在英国已消失不见了，而在美国却被保留了下来"，disap?pear正确。根据下文"but were kept in Ameri?ca"的表述，其他选项不符合语境需要。

6. B "举例说明"用for example。 such as后不宜跟句子，like和as引导从句时，其后不宜有逗号。

7. D something实际上作后面定语从句中谓语动词的宾语，而"faucet" "spigot"和"tap"亦作该动词的宾语。选项中只有called后可接双宾语。

8. D前文提到的这些词，在美国"仍然"能被人听到。

9. C make up在此意为"invent"。

10. A根据上文"Americans often make up new words or change old ones"的描述可知：corn 一词在美国指一种植物，而在英国则指"另一种"植物。"另一个"为another,the other 特指两者中的另一个，two和on与another 没有对应关系。

11. B本句意为:在过去的三个世纪里，英文已为以前不被人们所知的东西增加了成千上万的词汇。所以，此处不可用"add... to"结构。

12. B以前不"为人所知"的东西。

13. C从下文tin和can指相同事物的举例来看，英式英语和美式英语是用"不同的"词表达相同的意思。

14. D上文说过美式英语和英式英语在许多方面的表达形式不一样，但radio—词却是全球通用的，当然也包括"美国"。

15. A have sth. to do with..."与....... 有关系"。

16. B全文谈的都是英语在美国和英国的不同用词，所以同样的东西在英式英语和美式英语中可能有两个不同的"名字"。

17. D growing closer "变得越来越接近"。growing相当于becoming₀

18. A前面说美式英语和英式英语正变得越来越接近，所以此处当然是说"英国人"现在可以通过各种渠道听到大量的美式英语了。

19. C由后文的"on television, or from travel?er"可推知此处movies为最合适的选项。

20. C在人们看来，美式英语对英式英语的"影响"是越来越大了。