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阅读理解 　　A quarrel about how great would the differences between the two kinds of English be in the future caused and the following is my point of view． 　　Being the ruling language of the other native Englishes(Canadian English, Australian English, New Zealand English and South African English), British English and American English today are the two main English languages of the English-speaking world．Although too many has already been said over how the types, and the possible effects between the two kinds will be in the future, the quarrel on the problem has not come to an end at all． 　　The difference between the two kinds of English have continue over the centuries．Noah Webster(in Dissertations on the English Language)requests that American language should come from the necessary English．He also predicted(预测)that “North American English would sometime be as different from British as Dutch, Danish and Swedish are from German or from one another”． 　　Writers of the twentieth century hold entirely different attitude toward those of the old centuries, they hope to have a much more pure feeling between American and British English． 　　Long after its introduction(介绍)into the New World, American English was still considered non-standard English．Mr．Kahane pointed out that according to some people of the 1780s American English was the a peasant’s language that a “gentleman”will not speak． 　　According to Campbell’s guess, 70% of 350 million native English speakers speak the American English．In fact, the populations of the two leading mother tongue English countries are even more．The United States has a population of about 260 million while there is only about 55 million in Britain． (1) What languages are important in the English speaking world now? The important languages are ________． (2) Which languages are from Germany and another country? They are ________, ________and ________． (3) What do you think is not native and pure when American English into the New World? ________ was considered non-standard English． (4) In which country do you think native English speakers who speak American English are fewer? I think native English speakers in ________ are fewer than in America．

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答案：1．British English and American English;2．Dutch,Danish,Swedish;3．American,English;4．Britain;
解析：

(1)	从文章的第二段第一句“…British English and American English today are the two main English languages of the English-speaking world．”来理解，应该是：British English and American English．
(2)	根据第三段的第三个句子“He also predicted(预测)that ‘North American English would sometime be as different from British as Dutch, Danish and Swedish are from German or from one another’”来判定，此句中有连词as，引导一个从句，紧跟其后的从句要说明的那部分，问句中用了from Germany and another country代替from German or from one another．由此可知，Dutch, Danish and Swedish是来自德国或另外其他地方．
(3)	这道题属于词语转换题．从倒数第二段的第一句话“Long after its introduction(介绍)into the New World, American English was still considered non-standard English．”来思考．通过问题中的not native and pure，猜出文中与此相关的意思．所以应理解是American English．
(4)	此题属于数字理解和顺反理解题．从最后一段来分析，“…native English speakers speak the American English…The United States has a population of about 260 million while there is only about 55 million in Britain．”，可得出结论，native English speakers in Britain are fewer than in America是最佳答案．

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本文就英国英语和美国英语所展开的一场争论，文中的短语都是有关British English and American English today的词．判断短语的意思，可从文章的上下文以及字面上理解，一定要理解句意，特别要注意猜词以及把握好连接句子的关联词as等．从2005年各自主命题的思路来分析，2006年的命题一定少不了有关这方面的考查项目．