As we all know，American and British people both speak English．But sometimes it does not seem like the same language．In fact，there are some important differences between British English and American English．

First of all，they sound very different．Often，Americans don't say each word separately．They say several words together．Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know．” Or they may say “Whaddya say?” instead of “What did you say?” However，the British are more careful in their speech．They usually say all the words and keep them separate．

Words sometimes have different meanings too．Some American words are never used in England．The same thing is true of some British words in America．For example，the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different．Americans drive trucks，but in England people drive lorries．

Many expressions are also different in the two countries．In England，if you are going to telephone your friends，you “phone them up”．In America，you “give them a call”．

There're also some differences in grammar．For example，Americans usually use the helping verb（助动词）“do” when they ask a question．They say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often leave out the helping verb．They say “Have you a storybook?”

All these differences can be confusing（易混淆的）if you are learning English．But most languages are like this，Languages change over time．When people live in separate places，the languages change in different ways．This is what has happened to English．

1．When a person says，“I'm driving a truck now．” Where does the man most probably come from?

A．America．           B．Britain．              C．France．

2．What does the underlined word “separately” mean in this passage?

A．含糊地                B．快快地                C．分开地

3．How many differences has the writer told US between American English and British English?

A．Three．               B．Four．                C．Five．

4．Which sentence is Not right?

A．Many expressions are different between American English and British English．

B．British English and American English sound very different．

C．British English is the same as American English in grammar．

5．This passage is mainly（主要）about ________．

A．some important differences between British English and American English

B．the difference of the grammar between British English and American English

C．the difference of the sound between British English and American English

　　Do you believe there are aliens (外星人)? Well, make a phone call and you will know. A group of Americans can help. They make a device (装置) “talk” to aliens. If you want to talk to an alien, you only need to visit www.Talk To Aliens.com, call 1-900-226-0300 and say: “Hello aliens, this is Earth calling. Can you hear me?” You can say anything you want.

　　But now, they only take phone calls from people in the US. The call is $ 3.99 every minute. After the hotline began in February, www.Talk To Aliens.com. has got hundreds of calls. There is one call every three minutes. They are also trying to send people's e-mails, photos or videos into space.

(1) If you live in America and you want to know whether there are any aliens, ________.

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A．you can make a phone call

B．you can go to America for help

C．you can ask any scientist for help

D．you can talk to aliens

(2) Www.Talk To Aliens.com. is a place where ________.

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A．you can get some knowledge about aliens

B．you can talk to aliens

C．the aliens live

D．you can make a set of device to talk to aliens

(3) What does the underlined word refer to (指)?

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A．The aliens.

B．The people who want to talk to aliens.

C．The Americans.

D．The group of scientists who can help you.

(4) Which is NOT right?

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A．Only American people can call 1-900-226-0300.

B．People from any country can call 1-900-226-0300 now.

C．If you call the hotline for two minutes, you should pay $ 7.98.

D．Every three minutes there is someone calling 1-900-226-0300.

(5) From this article (文章) we know ________.

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A．there is only one call after the hotline began in February.

B．there are some aliens in the world.

C．some Americans are trying to send information about humans into space.

D．if you pay $ 2,99 for a minute, you can talk to aliens.

Mr. Smith is our English teacher. We all like his lessons because they are very interesting He is from America. To our surprise, he likes making many things，like model cars. Today he gives us a smart robot(机器人) .It can do many things for us. Look ! It is cleaning our classroom now. It is very easy（容易的） for the robot to do this job. Perhaps(也许) it can clean the windows for us .I think it is dangerous for people to do that .We often call our robot hardworking cleaner.

(  )41.What does Mr. Smith do?

A.  An English teacher  B.A science teacher  C.A cleaner

(  )42.He gives us a_____.

A.  model ship  B. robot  C. model car

(  )43.The robot can clean_____.

A.  everywhere  B. the classroom  C. the windows

(  )44.It isn't___ for the robot to clean the classroom.

     A. easy   B. hardly   C. difficult

(  )45.What do we call the robot?

     A.A worker  B. An assistant  C.A cleaner