Question

 A student is studying British English. He wants to know 1he can have a talk with Americans，and whether they can understand him. Learners of English often ask what the 2 between British English and American English are, and how important they are.

  First, there are a few differences in grammar. 3  ，speakers of British English say

Have you got a pen? While speakers of American English say Do you have a 4？ instead. Second, pronunciation is5 different. Americans usually sound the/r/ in words like "car" and "farm". Some 6 of British English don't sound the /r/ in these words. There are also some differences in 7 and vocabulary(词汇).For example, "colour" and " favourite”are British English spellings，8 " color”and " favorite”are American English spellings.

  However，these differences in grammar， pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not very 9 . For the most part,British English and American English are the 10language. No matter you speak British English or American English, you can make yourself well understood.

(   ) 1. A. that    B. how

      C. whether    D. where

(   ) 2. A. difficulty    B. importance

      C. differences    D. context

(   ) 3. A. After all    B. Such as

       C. In fact    D. For example

(   ) 4. A. pen       B. pencil

      C. ruler        D. book

(   ) 5. A. always    B. sometimes

      C. never    D. usually

(   ) 6. A. students    B. teachers

      C. speakers    D. tourists

(   ) 7. A. listening    B. spelling

        C. writing    D. reading

(   ) 8. A. when    B. while

      C. because    D. since

(   ) 9. A. important    B. interesting

     C,difficult D. necessary

(   ) 10. A. easy    B. same

       C. recent    D. natural

Answer 1

1. C whether引导宾语从句，意为"是否"。

2.C本句意为"英语学习者经常会问英式和美式英语之间的不同"。difference意为"不同点，不同之处"，符合句意。

3.D下文举例说明英式英语与美式英语的不同。

4. A

5. B 四个选项均为频度副词，只有sometimes"有时"符合常识。

6. C speakers意为"说某种语言的人"。其他选项都不能概括这一含义。

7. B   由下文所举的例子可知，说的是在拼写方面的不同。

8. B while在此处意为"然而"。

9. A  由本段句首However—词的转折可知，两种英语在某些方面的不同不是非常重要的，它们毕竟属于同一种语言。

10. B