Question

  A student is studying British English. He wants to know 1 he 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 is 5 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 10 language. 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. typical    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，此处说的是在拼写方面的不同。

8. B while在此处意为"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