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just language of the people living in England. The modem English language grew from about the year
1400. Now English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is one of the working languages at
International meetings, business, science and in other fields.
The differences between American English and British English are not very great. Written English is
more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. For
example, centre, licence, colour and travelled are spelt center, license, color and traveled in American
English. In America, "cock, rubber, ill, holiday, lorry and post" are called "rooster, eraser, sick, vacation,
truck, mail". But people from the two countries can still understand each other easily.
There are only a very small number of differences in grammar between American English and British
English. Some words may have two kinds of pronunciation. You may wonder "Which is correct?" The
answer is that it doesn't matter. But you should speak either American English or British English. Don't try
to speak both at the same time!
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The English language we know today is about six hundred years old. For half that time, English was just the language of the people living in England. The modem English language grew from about the year 1400. Now English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is one of the working languages at International meetings, business, science and in other fields.
The differences between American English and British English are not very great. Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. For example, centre, license, color and traveled are spelt center, license, color and traveled in American English. In America, "cock, rubber, ill, holiday, lorry, and post... " are called "rooster, eraser, sick, vacation, truck, mail... ". But people from the two countries can still understand each other easily.
There are only a very small number of differences in grammar between American English and British English. The most important differences are in spoken English. Some words may have two kinds of pronunciations. You may wonder "Which is correct?" The answer is that it doesn't matter. But you should speak either American English or British English. Don't try to speak both at the same time!
1. When did the modem English language begin to grow?
2. Is English the only working language at International meetings?
3. What is the word "color" spelt in British English?
4. What is the word "ill" called in American English?
5. How many differences are there in grammar between American English and British English?
查看习题详情和答案>>We go to school from Monday to Friday．We are very busy．On Monday I have a music class．I like singing．It starts at nine-thirty in the morning．On Tuesday we have a swimming class．It starts at 2 pm．In the afternoon it is very hot （热的）．It is good for us to swim．On Wednesday Tina and Tony have a painting class．It starts at 3 pm．On Thursday Sam and Jane have a dancing class．They like dancing．On Friday Tom and Kate have a science class．On Saturday we are free．We like Saturday! We can have a happy weekend．We often have party on weekends．
1．The music class starts at ___________
A．15:00 B．9:30 C．9:00
2．__________ have painting class．
A．Tina and Tony B, Sam and Tony C．Jane and Sam
3．Sam and Jane like
A．swimming B．painting C．dancing
4．The science class is on ___________
A．Wednesday B．Thursday C．Friday
5．What is the word "free" in Chinese'?
A．繁忙的 B．空闲的 C．无聊的
查看习题详情和答案>>twelve. She is in Grade Seven in a middle school in the USA. My English t
eacher says we are in the same grade. How funny it is!
In her letters, Susan says she goes to school five days a week. She gets to school at 8:30 in the morning. She
doesn't go home for lunch but has it at school. She comes back home at three in the afternoon. Sometimes she
plays games with her friends after school. She often has little homework. She likes movies too. Do you know who
is her favorite movie star? It is Jackie Chan. New Police Story is her favorite movie. It's an action movie.
B. school girl
C. boy
D. teacher.
B. friend
C. teacher
D. letter
B. goes home
C. has classes
D. has lunch
B. I'm in Grade One
C. Susan is in Grade Seven.
D. Both A, B and C
B. Susan doesn't do any homework
C. Susan has lunch at school.
D. Susan often goes to a shop near her house after school.
people who can shoot and kill from a long distance. But do you know that we have real snipers in our
police?
Early this month, a man kidnapped a little girl with a knife in Beijing. Police came to talk to him, but he
didn't let the girl go and was hurting the girl. A sniper shot him dead.
In Beijing, there are over 300 police snipers. They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect
the capital.
How do snipers get trained? What are their lives like? An expert (专家) with the Beijing sniper team shares
some of the team's secrets with us.
Q: How do you choose snipers?
A: We choose snipers from the Beijing police. There are no strict rules about the height and weight of our
snipers, but they must have very good eyesight. The weapon (武器) they use is around 3.5kg. Sometimes
snipers need to hold it for hours. So, snipers need to have a strong body. They also need to pass written
psychology (心理) tests.
Q: What is the most important quality of a sniper?
A: A good state of mind. Snipers need to be calm all the time. Sometimes, they may get ready for shooting
for a whole day. They cannot talk, eat or drink during that time.
Q: What kind of training do snipers usually get?
A: The practice they often get is 100 meters distance shooting. They practice shooting in all kinds of
weather, including windy and snowy days.
Q: Is it possible that a sniper may miss his target (目标)?
A: That is not possible. The only standard (标准) for being a sniper is to take a life with one bullet (子弹).
However, snipers are not killers. They only pull the trigger (扣动扳机) when they have to.
B. They can shoot very far.
C. They protect our country.
D. They are in our police force.
B. good eyesight
C. a certain height
D. good state of mind
B. 品质
C. 性格
D. 性质
B. doing push-ups and sit-ups
C. 100m distance shooting
D. jumping over high walls
B. interesting and exciting
C. boring but comfortable
D. funny but unimportant