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It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage."

However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.

(   ) 1. A. chance                B. opinion                    C. viewpoint                 D. experience

(   ) 2. A. run                            B. set                           C. controlled                 D. found

(   ) 3. A. with                   B. for                           C. as                            D. like

(   ) 4. A. sense                  B. practice                    C. phenomenon             D. use

(   ) 5. A. even                   B. ever                         C. hardly                      D. never

(   ) 6. A. wrong                B. adequate                   C. true                         D. real

(   ) 7. A. helping with        B. doing with            C. dealing with             D. comparing with

(   ) 8. A. shown                B. put                          C. faced                       D. exposed

(   ) 9. A. similar                B. alike                        C. different                   D. opposite

(   ) 10. A. did                   B. should                      C. might                       D. would

    

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It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage."

However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.

(   ) 1. A. chance                B. opinion                    C. viewpoint                 D. experience

(   ) 2. A. run                            B. set                           C. controlled                 D. found

(   ) 3. A. with                   B. for                           C. as                            D. like

(   ) 4. A. sense                  B. practice                    C. phenomenon             D. use

(   ) 5. A. even                   B. ever                         C. hardly                      D. never

(   ) 6. A. wrong                B. adequate                   C. true                         D. real

(   ) 7. A. helping with        B. doing with             C. dealing with             D. comparing with

(   ) 8. A. shown                B. put                          C. faced                       D. exposed

(   ) 9. A. similar                B. alike                        C. different                   D. opposite

(   ) 10. A. did                   B. should                      C. might                       D. would

Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors（流星） but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts  1  our protective blanket on  2 . Light gets through, and this is essential  3  plants to make the food which we  4 . Heat,  5 , makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays（紫外线的） penetrate（穿过） the 6 .Cosmic（宇宙的） rays of various kinds come  7  the air from outer space, but  8  quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off.  9  men leave the atmosphere they are  10 to this radiation;  11  their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, 12 prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in  13 . Doses of radiation are measured in   14  called“rems （雷姆）”.We all  15  radiation here on earth from the sun, from cosmic rays and from radioactive minerals. The“ 16 ”dose of radiation that we receive each year is about two millirems; it  17  according to where you live, and this is a very rough estimate. Scientists have reason to think  18 a man can  19  far more radiation  20 without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed.

1．A．for                       B．with                   C．on                      D．as

2．A．stars                    B．sun                    C．earth                  D．space

3．A．with                     B．from                  C．under                 D．for

4．A．use                      B．live                     C．eat                     D．get

5．A．again                    B．also                    C．besides               D．too

6．A．environment         B．space                 C．atmosphere         D．earth

7．A．across                  B．to                       C．from                  D．through

8．A．so                        B．enormous           C．various               D．proper

9．A．As soon as           B．As well as　　     C．As much as        D．As possible as

10．A．shown                B．exposed              C．faced                 D．covered

11．A．but                     B．because              C．so                      D．so that

12．A．get                     B．make                  C．have                   D．do

13．A．earth                  B．atmosphere         C．space                 D．environment

14．A．pieces                B．units                   C．parts                  D．elements

15．A．receive               B．accept                C．bring                  D．catch

16．A．unusual              B．common              C．general               D．normal

17．A．shifts                 B．converts             C．modifies             D．varies

18．A．what                  B．which                 C．that                    D．why

19．A．put up with         B．keep up with　    C．come up with      D．catch up with

20．A．from              B．than             C．as               D．away