A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交际) with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences 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 a pen?” Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”.Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and “honor” are American.
These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.
小题1:According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that __________.| A．British people cannot understand him | | B．American people cannot understand him | | C．the grammar is too hard for him | | D．the spelling is too hard for him |
小题2:American English and British English are different in __________.| A．spelling | B．pronunciation | C．grammar | D．all of the above |
小题3:What is NOT mentioned(提及) in the passage?| A．Whether there are differences between British English and American English. | | B．Whether British English and American English are one language or two. | | C．How the differences between British English and American English came about. | | D．How important the differences are. |
小题4:Most ______say “Do you have a watch?”| A．British people | B．Americans | C．children | D．teachers |
小题5:According to this passage, British people and Americans have ______ difficulty in understanding each other.| A．little | B．much | C．some | D．great |
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小题1:A 此题考查细节事实和辨别能力。学美式英语的学生常会担心英国人不懂得他们的意思，从文中第一段可以找到。
小题1:D文章第二段给出了英式英语和美式英语的几点不同。在拼写、发音、词汇及语法上。 故此题选D。
小题1:C 此题亦用排除法。只有英式及美式英语不同之处的起源本文中没有涉及。故选C。
小题1:B 从第二段中Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”.可推知。
小题1:A 解析 本文第三段意在指明：尽管英式英语和美式英语在几个方面有些不同，但大体来说它们仍同属一种语言。所以说英国人和美国人相互理解起来也没有多大的困难。 |
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The website “FarmersOnly.com” calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.
So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.”
You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.
Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendsh ip. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.
小题1:Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to .| A．help farmers | B．represent farmers | | C．support traditions | D．understand farmers |
小题2:Which of the following is true of singlesinag.org? | A．It provides dating services. | | B．Only farmers can become its members. | | C．Its services are free. | | D．Farmers in France can’t benefit from it. |
小题3: The author of the text intends to .| A．advertise for the two websites | | B．urge readers to help farmers | | C．intro duce two websites | | D．encourage social activities |
小题4:It can be inferred from the text that .| A．farmers are easy to meet new people | | B．the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life | | C．all farmers desire marriage | | D．more farmers get divorced in the USA |
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Every pet owner loves his pet. There is no argument here.
But when we asked our readers whether they would clone （克隆， 复制）their beloved animals, the responses（反应） were split almost down the middle. Of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion.
Clearly, from readers’ response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and final sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people’s widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure.
Most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope a clone could never truly recreate a pet, many simply didn’t wish to go against the natural law of life and death.
Both sides expressed equal love for their animals. More than a few respondents owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. They thought of their pets as their “best friend”, “a member of the family,”“the light of my life.” They told moving stories of pets’ heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.
Then the loss is so disturbing---and the cloning so attractive. “People become very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says Gary Kowalski, author of Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. “For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away…It’s understandable. Death is always painful. It’s difficult to deal with. It’s hard to accept.”
But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seemed to be at the heart of this problem.
小题1:So far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, ____.| A．a lot more of them are for it | | B．a lot more of them are against it | | C．very few of them are willing to tell their opinions | | D．about half of them are for it and the other half against it |
小题2:While talking about the respondents from the readers, the expression “final sadness of owning a pet” refers to ____.| A．the death of one’s pet | | B．the high cost of owning a pet | | C．the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a pet | | D．the dangers about the cloning of a pet |
小题3:From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he ____.| A．has never thought about the problem of cloning | | B．is going to write another book on pets | | C．is in favor of the idea of cloning pets | | D．is all against the cloning of pets |
小题4:What is the key question at the heart of the problem of cloning pets?| A．Can cloning make the pain one suffers less when a pet dies? | | B．Can pet owners afford the cost of cloning? | | C．Does cloning go against the law of nature? | | D．How reliably does cloning produce an exact copy of one’s pet? |
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No one can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell what the more important changes in the weather will be. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting(天气预报).
For many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Rings around the sun are a sign of coming rain. That many people feel their joints(关节) hurt is a sign of wet weather. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continue. If a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in colour, then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.
Most of the above sayings have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting.
小题1:Which of the following can be used here to replace(取代) the underlined phrase “on the way”?| A．away. | B．gone. | C．disappearing. | D．coming. |
小题2:When you see the stars twinkle clearly at night, the weather will be _______.| A．warm | B．rainy | C．clear and fine | D．cold |
小题3:Which of the following signs can tell the weather will probably be rainy?| A．A rainbow appears in the morning. | | B．Some birds fly high. | | C．The stars twinkle clearly at night. | | D．Fogs appear in the morning just above a river. |
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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.
I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!
小题1:What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints(抱怨)?| A．He agreed with her “enemy”. | | B．he let her continue to put up with her “enemy”. | | C．He told her to write down all her “enemy” had said about her. | | D．He told her not to pay attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
小题2:The writer felt ______ when she did the things as her father had told her.| A．surprised | B．angry | C．disappointed | D．sad |
小题3:Which of the following can we know from the passage?| A．The “enemy” thought the writer was pretty. | | B．The “enemy” thought the writer studied hard. | | C．The writer and her “enemy” became best friends at last. | | D．The writer is grateful to her father. |
小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．My Parents | | B．A Serious Criticism(批评) | | C．What People Say About You Is Always Right | | D．The Best Advice I Ever Had |
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We should show respect to everybody, especially our elders because they are ahead of us — in age, in wisdom and maturity, in experience and education．Our 21 have done a lot for us, directly or indirectly and most of us 22 everything to their kindness and love．
When we 23 them respect, whether it is by bowing to them, or 24 them with a smile, or offering them any help they need, it is one way of 25 our own love and gratitude to them． 26, elders have also been through all the years you are 27 and know a little more about the world than you do．
It is 28 that you do not agree with the belief of your elders, but this is nothing new．All younger generations have always 29 with their elders and it is these differences that bring changes in human 30 ．However much you disagree with them, give them credit for their 31．
With changing times and 32 influences, youngsters no longer know what is interpreted as disrespect to elders．Youngsters should 33 express their views and if there are arguments, they should not 34 their voices．
If there is no space on sofas or chairs, children will immediately 35 their places, and sit on the carpet．In buses and trains, youngsters are 36 to give up their places to older people．This is not a 37 of who has more rights．It is simply that those who are younger have the strength to bear 38_, or tolerate unpleasantness, so it is natural to show consideration to those who are older and perhaps at a 39 disadvantage．
When you do simple things as a mark of respect, elders become 40 that youngsters care for them, and they respond with affection and kindness．
| 小题1: | | A．youngsters | B．elders | C．parents | D．juniors |
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| 小题2: | | A．devote | B．owe | C．pay | D．contribute |
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| 小题3: | | A．show | B．explain | C．exhibit | D．point |
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| 小题4: | | A．greeting | B．receiving | C．declaring | D．showing |
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| 小题5: | | A．expressing | B．describing | C．sending | D．suggesting |
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| 小题6: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Though |
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| 小题7: | | A．experiencing with | B．going through | C．suffering from | D．worrying out |
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| 小题8: | | A．maybe | B．likely | C．possible | D．probably |
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| 小题9: | | A．quarreled | B．dealt | C．lived | D．disagreed |
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| 小题10: | | A．community | B．organization | C．society | D．public |
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| 小题11: | | A．experience | B．reality | C．emotion | D．information |
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| 小题12: | | A．cultural | B．special | C．environmental | D．position |
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| 小题13: | | A．quietly | B．slightly | C．silently | D．coldly |
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| 小题14: | | A．rise | B．raise | C．support | D．force |
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| 小题15: | | A．give away | B．get rid of | C．give up | D．send out |
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| 小题16: | | A．expected | B．forced | C．needed | D．reminded |
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| 小题17: | | A．doubt | B．question | C．wonder | D．challenge |
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| 小题18: | | A．suffering | B．upset | C．trouble | D．discomfort |
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| 小题19: | | A．serious | B．light | C．heavy | D．slight |
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| 小题20: | | A．aware | B．alive | C．knowing | D．sensible |
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