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【题目】阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词过括号内单词的正确形式。

British and American English are different 1 many ways. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. There are 2 (hundred) of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic. For example, Americans use automobiles, freeways, gas, cabs and subways 3 the British use cars, motorways, petrol, taxis and undergrounds. Besides, sometimes 4 same word used by Americans and the British has a slightly different meaning, which can be 5(confuse).

There are a few 6(differ) in grammar, too. In addition, the two varieties differ in spelling and pronunciation. American spelling seems 7(simple): center, color and program instead of centre, colour and programme. Many factors 8 (influence) American pronunciation since the first settlers arrived four hundred years ago. But a Londoner doesn’t have much difficulty 9 (understand) a New Yorker.

The two varieties are moving closer. For more than a century, communications across the Atlantic have developed steadily, which has led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English. So, don’t worry. Users of English will all be able to understand each 10 — wherever they are.

【答案】

1in

2hundreds

3while

4the

5confusing

6differences

7simpler

8have influenced

9understanding

10other

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文,美国英语和英国英语的差别主要在词汇发音和拼写上,尽管这两种英语有所差别,但人们仍然可以很容易就相互理解。

1考查固定短语。短语in many ways在很多方面,用很多方法。句意:英国英语和美国英语在很多方面都是不一样的。故填in。

2考查固定短语。短语hundreds of成千上万的;该短语hundreds of different words在句中做主语。句意:成千上万的不同单词在大西洋的另外一边并没有被使用。故填hundreds。

3考查连词。连词while然而。表示上下文的转折关系。句意:例如,美国人使用automobiles, freeways, gas, cabssubways而英国人使用cars, motorways, petrol, taxis undergrounds.上下文之间是转折关系,所以使用while连接上下文。

4考查定冠词。定冠词the通常表示特指,不定冠词a/an通常表示泛指。本句中使用定冠词the特指同样的单词。句意:而且有时候在美国和英国被使用的同样的单词有不一样的意思。故填the。

5考查形容词。形容词confusing令人困惑的;这是现在分词转换的形容词,通常修饰人或与人有关的事物。句意:而且有时候在美国和英国被使用的同样的单词有不一样的意思,这让人很困惑。

6考查名词。名词difference差异之处,区别;当它指具体的区别点的时候是可数名词。本句前面有a few修饰,可知把difference当成可数名词,应该使用复数修饰。故填differences。

7考查比较级。本文中把美国英语和英国英语进行本句,美国英语的拼写更简单。所以使用比较级形式simper与系动词seem构成系表结构。故使用simper。

8考查时态。本句的时间状语从句是since the first settlers arrived four hundred years ago表示从过去某个时间开始到现在为止已经发生的动作,主句要使用现在完成时。句意:自从400年前第一批定居者到达以后,很多因素影响了美式发音。故使用have influenced。

9考查动名词。固定句式have some difficulty in doing sth做某事有困难。其中动名词doing做介词in的宾语。句意:但是伦敦人理解纽约人并不困难。故使用动名词understanding。

10考查固定短语。短语each other相互;该短语在句中做动词understand的宾语。句意:无论他们是谁,英语的使用者都将能够相互理解。故使用other。

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