Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are as many varieties of English as there are speakers of it. English 【1】 (speak) as an official language in more than 60 countries, and it can sound very different from place to place. 【2】 is easy for us to tell British English 【3】 American English.

There is not really a standard form that everyone can agree on and English is 【4】(wide) spoken, so it is hard to tell which English is correct. As long as speakers can understand each other, 【5】(correct) doesn't matter.

Australian English has traces of both Irish and cockney speech patterns, because the first speakers were prisoners 【6】 came from all over Britain. Many of the Aboriginal words 【7】 (pass) into the language. 【8】 the main differences lie in the individual sounds and intonation patterns.

But this is not the case, the variety of English 【9】(speak) in Jamaica has some of the grammatical features of the American languages.

On the 【10】 side of the world, in Singapore, English is spoken by about half the population. Sentences often end with the word lah. English here has been influenced especially by Malay and the Chinese dialect Hokkien.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】is spoken

【2】It

【3】from

【4】widely

【5】correctness

【6】who

【7】passed

【8】But

【9】spoken

【10】other

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍英语作为世界通用语言，在世界一些地区形成了别具特色的地域英语。

【1】is spoken English和speak之间是被动关系，表示客观事实用一般现在时态，故填is spoken。

【2】It 此处是it作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式，故填it。

【3】from 固定搭配tell...from...，意为“把……和……区分开”，故填from。

【4】widely 副词修饰动词，故填widely。

【5】correctness 句意：只要能互相听得懂，正确并不重要。此处名词作主语，故填correctness。

【6】who 在这里prisoners作先行词，指人，后面是一个定语从句，从句缺少引导词和主语，故填who。

【7】passed 句意：土著的很多单词进入到英语中。描述过去的事情，故用一般过去时态，故填passed。

【8】But 句意：但主要的区分在于独特的发音和语调模式。前后表示转折，故填But。

【9】spoken 此处是过去分词作后置定语，故填spoken。

【10】other 表示“世界的另一边”，故填other。

【知识归纳】

以e结尾的形容词变成副词时，有的直接加ly；有的把e去掉再加ly。

possible---possibly；simple---simply；gentle---gently；terrible---terribly；true---truly；flexible---flexibly；immediate---immediately；brave---bravely；wise---wisely；active---actively