Question

【题目】 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words

The BBC recently reported a great rise in British English in the US. Words like “cheers”, meaning “thank you”, and “mate”, meaning “friend”, are becoming popular. No one knows h【1】 this has happened, although the success of British films like Harry Potter may have something to do with it.

British English and American English are a little different. The two are the same in grammar but different in the way they pronounce and spell some words. Americans pronounce words like car, better and sweater with an /er/ at the e【2】. The British way of spelling “color” is “colour” and they write “favorite” a 【3】 “favourite”.

English is the most spoken language in the world because of the British Empire. Its colonies（殖民地） o【4】 covered 25% of the planet. In some parts of the US, people really like the British accent（口音）. The British actor Hugh Grant, with his British accent was very s【5】 in Hollywood. His accent is very popular, and Americans often think British accents s【6】 very elegant（ 优 雅 的 ）. Maybe this has something to do with the Queen.

Don’t w【7】 about the difference between British and American English. When you have exams, it is fine to use the English that you learned from your textbooks. The differences are not so important.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】how

【2】end

【3】as

【4】once

【5】special

【6】seem

【7】worry

【解析】

本文介绍了美式英语和英式英语之间有点差别。但是不要担心它们之间的不同。当你有考试的时候，你可以使用从课本上学到的英语。差异并不那么重要。

【1】句意：没有人知道这是如何发生的，尽管像《哈利·波特》这样的英国电影的成功可能与此有关。

根据前文的“Words like “cheers”, meaning “thank you”, and “mate”, meaning “friend”, are becoming popular.”可知，此处表示这是如何发生的，故填how。

【2】句意：美国人在单词car,better和sweater的读音结尾带着/er/。

at the end在结尾，故填end。

【3】句意：英国人拼写“color”的方式是“colour”，他们把“favorite”写成“favorite”。

write…as…把……写成……，故填as。

【4】句意：它的殖民地曾经占这个星球的25%。

根据covered可知，此处表示过去曾经，故填once。

【5】句意：英国演员休·格兰特的英国口音在好莱坞很特别。

结合句意，他是英国口音，因此在美国好莱坞是很特别的，作为系动词was的表语，有副词very修饰，用形容词，故填special。

【6】句意：他的口音非常受欢迎，美国人经常认为英国口音似乎非常优雅。

根据“His accent is very popular,”可知他的口音非常受欢迎，因此似乎比较优雅，故填seem。

【7】句意：不用担心英式英语和美式英语之间的差别。

worry about担心，位于助动词don’t后，作谓语，用动词原形，故填worry。

根据句意，结合十天，语态，词性，短语，句型和主谓一致，根据开头字母的提示，填入正确形式的单词。例如小题3，句意：英国人拼写“color”的方式是“colour”，他们把“favorite”写成“favorite”。write…as…把……写成……，故填as。