Englishmen speak British English and Americans speak American English. A student is learning to speak British English. He often asks himself, “Can Americans understand me when I speak British English?” Learners often ask “What’s the difference between British English and American English?”Certainly there are some differences between British and American English. The Englishmen say “Have you a pen?” While Americans say “Do you have a pen?” The pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans often sound “r” in words like “bird” and “hurt”. The British speakers don’t sound the “r” in these words. There are differences in spelling. For example, “colour” and “neighbour” are British while “color” and “neighbor” are American. These differences in grammar, pronunciation and spelling are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language. When Englishmen and Americans are talking with each other, they don’t need an interpreter(翻译). Maybe some day they need, but not now.
【小题1】Between British and American English, _______.

阅读理解

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wants to know: Can I speak with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?

　　Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “Have you got a pen?” Americans say “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually say “class” [kl$s] instead of [kla:s] as most British do. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in words like “bird”and “work”while American usually do. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “vapour” are British. “color” and “vapor”are American.

　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary (词汇) are not important, however. For the most part (在多数情况下) British and American English are the same language.

1．One of the questions among students of English is ________.

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A．if they should learn American English

B．how they can speak with American

C．how great the difference is between British and American English

D．in how many ways the two languages are different

2．To the question “Are there differences between British and American English?” the writer's answer is ________

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3．Which of the following do you think is American English

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A．I haven't any brothers

B．I don't have any brothers

C．I haven't got any brothers

D．I have got no brothers

4．________ speakers of British sound the ‘r’ in the word “artist”.

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5．At the end of the passage, the writer tells us British and American English are ________.

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阅读理解

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wants to know: Can I speak with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?

　　Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “Have you got a pen?” Americans say “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually say “class” [kl$s] instead of [kla:s] as most British do. Some speakers of British English do not sound the “r” in words like “bird”and “work”while American usually do. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “vapour” are British. “color” and “vapor”are American.

　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary (词汇) are not important, however. For the most part (在多数情况下) British and American English are the same language.

1．One of the questions among students of English is ________.

[　　]

A．if they should learn American English

B．how they can speak with American

C．how great the difference is between British and American English

D．in how many ways the two languages are different

2．To the question “Are there differences between British and American English?” the writer's answer is ________

[　　]

3．Which of the following do you think is American English

[　　]

A．I haven't any brothers

B．I don't have any brothers

C．I haven't got any brothers

D．I have got no brothers

4．________ speakers of British sound the ‘r’ in the word “artist”.

[　　]

5．At the end of the passage, the writer tells us British and American English are ________.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the difference between British and American English? How important are these differences?

　　Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say“in hospital”and“Have you got a pen?” Americans say“in the hospital”and“Do you have a pen?”Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the r’s in words like“bird”and“work”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the r’s in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example,“colour”and“vapour”are British,“color”and“vapor”are American.

　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary(词汇)are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.

1．One of the questions among students of English is ________.

[　　]

A．if they should learn American English

B．how they can communicate with Americans

C．how great the difference is between British and American English

D．in how many ways the two languages are different

2．To the question“Are there differences between British English and American English?”the writer’ s answer is ________.

[　　]

3．Which of the following do you think is American English?

[　　]

A．I haven’t any brothers.

B．I don’t have any brothers.

C．I haven’t got any brothers.

D．I have got no brothers.

4．________ speakers of British English sound the r’s in the word“artist”.

[　　]

5．The writer of the article believes ________

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A．There’s difference between British English and American English, but it’s not enough to get in the way of communication.

B．There’s no difference between British English and American English, so they are the same language.

C．There are so many differences between British English and American English that communication with Americans is impossible.