A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders (想知道): Can I communicate 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.
【小題1】According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that_______.

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate 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.
【小題1】According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that __________.

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交際) 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.
【小題1】According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that __________.

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(翻譯). Maybe some day they need, but not now.
【小題1】Between British and American English, _______.

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate 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.

1.According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that __________.

2. American English and British English are different in __________.

3.What is NOT mentioned(提及) in the passage?

4.Most __________ say “Do you have a watch?”

5.According to this passage, British people and Americans have __________ difficulty in understanding each other.

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交際) 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.

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

2.American English and British English are different in __________.

A. spelling　　　B. pronunciation           C. grammar          D. all of the above

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.

4.Most ______say “Do you have a watch?”

A. British people　　B. Americans       C. children         D. teachers

5.According to this passage, British people and Americans have ______ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little               B. much             C. some             D. great

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交際) 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, “color” and “honor” 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.

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

2. American English and British English are different in __________.

A. spelling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. pronunciation

C. grammar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. all of the above

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.

4.Most __________ say “Do you have a watch?”

A. British people　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Americans

C. children　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. teachers

5. According to this passage, British people and Americans have __________ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. much

C. some　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. great

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders（想知道）: Can I communicate（交際）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“in hospital”and“Have you a pen?”Americans say“in the hospital”and“Do you have a pen?”P(pán)ronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the irs in words like“bird” and“hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound the irs in these words. There are differences between British English 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 English and American English are the same language.

(1)According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak British 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

(2)American English and British English are different in ________.

[　　]

(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．These differences in all parts are not important.

閱讀理解

　　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 (詞匯) are not important, however. For the most part (在多數(shù)情況下) 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 ________.

[　　]

閱讀理解

　　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 ther's in words like “bird” and “work”. Some speakers of British English do not sound ther's in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary(詞匯). For example, “colour” and “vapour” are British, “color” and “vapor” 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.

1．One of the questions among students learning 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 wirter'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 ther's in the word “artist”.

[　　]

5．The writer of the article believes ________.

[　　]

A．there are differences between British and American English, but it's not enough to get in the way of communication

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

C．there are so many differences between British English and American English that communication between the two peoples is impossible

D．though the difference isn't very important, it may often bring trouble in mutual understanding.

閱讀理解

　　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?”P(pán)ronunciation 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(詞匯)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 ________

[　　]

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.

D．Though the difference isn’t very important, it may often bring trouble in mutual understanding.

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, “color” and “honor” 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.

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

2. American English and British English are different in __________.

A. spelling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. pronunciation

C. grammar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. all of the above

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.

4.Most __________ say “Do you have a watch?”

A. British people　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Americans

C. children　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. teachers

5. According to this passage, British people and Americans have __________ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. much

C. some　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. great

閱讀理解

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate 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.

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

2．American English and British English are different in ________.

[　　]

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.

4．Most ________ say “Do you have a watch?”

[　　]

5．According to this passage, British people and Americans have ________ difficulty in understanding each other.

[　　]

閱讀理解

　　A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate 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 “in hospital” and “Have you got a pen? ”Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen? ”P(pán)ronunciation is too different sometimes. Americans usually sound the r's in words like “birds” and “work”. Some speakers of British English do not sound the r's in these words. There are differences between British English and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour”and“vapour”are British while “color” and “vapor” are American.

1．All of the following are questions among students of English except ________ .

[　　]

A．whether they should learn American English

B．how they can communicate with Americans

C．how great the different is

D．in how many ways the two languages are different

2．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

3．According to the text how many differences are there between British English and American English?

[　　]

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The British people don't need translators when they are talking with Americans.

B．The writer is sure that there are differences between British English and American English.

C．No speakers of British English sounds the r's in the word“artist”.

D．Most Americans sound the r's in the word“nurse”.

閱讀理解

　　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 (詞匯) are not important, however. For the most part (在多數(shù)情況下) 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 ________.

[　　]