One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c__1.__. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p___2.__ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u___3._ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o_4._ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”

Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r_5.___ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p___6.__students with easier ways to study and more c__7._) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i__8.__ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .

However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s__9._ a short time . The teachers have to find b___10.__ ways to teach more effectively.

“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .

    Englishmen speak British English and Americans speak American English. A student is learning to speak British English. He often asks himself, “Can Americans understand me when I speak British English?” Certainly there are some differences between British and American English. The Englishmen say “Do you have a pen?” The pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans often sound “r” in words like “bird” and “hurt”. The British speakers don’t sound the “r” in these words. There are differences in spelling. For example, “colour” and “neighbour” are British while “colour” and “neighbour” are American. These differences in grammar, pronunciation and spelling are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language. When Englishmen and Americans are talking with each other, the don’t need an interpreter(翻译).

1．Between British and American English, _______

A．the greatest difference is in spelling

B．there are differences in many ways

C．people can’t understand each other      D．students don’t know the difference

2. When a student is asking himself “Can Americans understand me when I speak British English?” it shows that_______.

A. he wants to learn American English                 B．he doesn’t like British English

C．he hasn’t spoken to any American so far   

D．he is spending more time

3. The differences between British and American English are not important because______

A. everyone knows the differences 　　

B. people talk to each other very often

C. Englishmen and Americans get along well    

D. British English and American English are the same language

4. “Have you a pen” and “Do you have a pen?” show a difference in______

A. grammar                  B. spelling 

C. pronunciation            D. listening

5. At the end of the passage the writer wants to tell us _______.

 A. British and American English will be two different languages some day

 B. Englishmen and Americans will never need an interpreter while talking

 C. there will be no more differences between British and American English

 D. the differences between British English and American English will grow larger