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【題目】 There are many differences between British English and American English. I used to teach a course about the differences between the two. We speak English on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean but we have many differences in our common language. We have examples of the same words having very different meanings, differing spellings of the same words as well as completely different words for the same things. Here are some examples.

A cookie in the US is called a biscuit in the UK. A biscuit in the US is a small cake in the UK. Crisps in the UK, are known as chips, but we British people eat a plate of chips that you call fries in the US. In the UK, a pie can be made from either meat or fruit, while in the US pies are normally made from fruit; pot pies are made from meat. Most things are measured in grams and kilograms in the US, not pounds and ounces.

One very obvious difference is the side of the road we each choose to drive on. Petrol in the UK is gas in the US. The place where we fill up our cars, in the UK, is a garage; while in the US, it’s a gas station. The term garage is also used as a place to store your car next to or close by your house. In the UK we call a lorry what is known as a truck in the US.

An elevator in the US is called a lift here, and the first floor in the US, is called the ground floor here, so many visitors get off on the wrong floor in British hotels.

I could continue with this. There are countless examples of differences within our one shared language. With so many differences, no wonder it’s hard to understand each other well.

【1】The passage is mainly about the differences between British English and American English in____.

A.vocabularyB.grammar

C.soundD.spelling

【2】It’s implied in the passage that the author may be______.

A.a driver from the US.

B.a cook from the US.

C.a teacher from the UK.

D.a gas station worker from the UK.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.“Elevator” is commonly used in the UK.

B.Pies mean the same thing in the UK and the US.

C.In the UK, things are measured in pounds and ounces.

D.British and American people drive on the same side of the road.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文，介紹的是英式英語和美式英語單詞的不同，并列舉了一些例子。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段A cookie in the US is called a biscuit in the UK.可知，在美式英語中餅干是cookie，而英式英語是biscuit。從文章中列舉的例子可以看出，兩種英語中不同單詞可以表示相同意思，所以美式英語和英式英語的區(qū)別是詞匯。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。由第一段I used to teach a course about the differences between the two.可知，我曾經(jīng)教一門課，是關(guān)于兩種語言的區(qū)別的。由此可知，作者的職業(yè)是老師；由倒數(shù)第二段An elevator in the US is called a lift here.可知，電梯在美國是elevator，在這兒是lift。由此可知，作者在英國。因此作者可能是來自英國的老師。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段Most things are measured in grams and kilograms in the US, not pounds and ounces.可知，在美國大部分東西都用grams和kilograms度量，而不是pounds和ounces。所以在英國應(yīng)該是用pounds和ounces來度量。故選C。