Question

【題目】 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（ 優(yōu) 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】

本文介紹了美式英語(yǔ)和英式英語(yǔ)之間有點(diǎn)差別。但是不要擔(dān)心它們之間的不同。當(dāng)你有考試的時(shí)候，你可以使用從課本上學(xué)到的英語(yǔ)。差異并不那么重要。

【1】句意：沒(méi)有人知道這是如何發(fā)生的，盡管像《哈利·波特》這樣的英國(guó)電影的成功可能與此有關(guān)。

根據(jù)前文的“Words like “cheers”, meaning “thank you”, and “mate”, meaning “friend”, are becoming popular.”可知，此處表示這是如何發(fā)生的，故填how。

【2】句意：美國(guó)人在單詞car,better和sweater的讀音結(jié)尾帶著/er/。

at the end在結(jié)尾，故填end。

【3】句意：英國(guó)人拼寫“color”的方式是“colour”，他們把“favorite”寫成“favorite”。

write…as…把……寫成……，故填as。

【4】句意：它的殖民地曾經(jīng)占這個(gè)星球的25%。

根據(jù)covered可知，此處表示過(guò)去曾經(jīng)，故填once。

【5】句意：英國(guó)演員休·格蘭特的英國(guó)口音在好萊塢很特別。

結(jié)合句意，他是英國(guó)口音，因此在美國(guó)好萊塢是很特別的，作為系動(dòng)詞was的表語(yǔ)，有副詞very修飾，用形容詞，故填special。

【6】句意：他的口音非常受歡迎，美國(guó)人經(jīng)常認(rèn)為英國(guó)口音似乎非常優(yōu)雅。

根據(jù)“His accent is very popular,”可知他的口音非常受歡迎，因此似乎比較優(yōu)雅，故填seem。

【7】句意：不用擔(dān)心英式英語(yǔ)和美式英語(yǔ)之間的差別。

worry about擔(dān)心，位于助動(dòng)詞don’t后，作謂語(yǔ)，用動(dòng)詞原形，故填worry。

根據(jù)句意，結(jié)合十天，語(yǔ)態(tài)，詞性，短語(yǔ)，句型和主謂一致，根據(jù)開(kāi)頭字母的提示，填入正確形式的單詞。例如小題3，句意：英國(guó)人拼寫“color”的方式是“colour”，他們把“favorite”寫成“favorite”。write…as…把……寫成……，故填as。