One will feel happy when others flatter（ 奉承） him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat” 1 .

A student was going to leave the capital to become  2  official （官员） in a city far away. Before he started, he came to say  3  to his teacher.

“It is  4   job to be a good official.” his teacher said.“ you must be strict  5  yourself and never be careless.”

“Don’t worry about me, sir.” The student answered. “I have already   6   anyone hundred top hats, which will  7  those people quite happy.”

“But we are really gentlemen!  8  could a real gentleman do such a thing ? ” His teacher was a bit _9  . “ Never forget  10  I taught you in class!”

“  11  are always right, sir. I also hate such things. But, sir,   12   no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.

13hearing this, the teacher was pleased. “What you said is true!”

“I have  14  one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine  15  .” the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.

1. A．to dress                      B．dressing                C．wearing                 D．to wear

2. A．a                          B．the                      C．an                         D．/

3. A．hello                   B．goodbye                C．OK                      D．thanks

4. A．not an easy             B．not easy                C．a good                  D．difficult

5. A．about                        B．with                   C．from                   D．to

6. A．made                  B．bought               C．prepared                D．repaired

7. A．give                   B．let                    C．keep                  D．make

8. A．How                  B．What                  C．Why                  D．When

9. A．pleased                B．angry             C．excited             D．sorry

10. A．that                     B．how                   C．why                   D．what

11.A．You                  B．We               C．They                 D．Us

12. A．hardly               B．about                  C．almost                D．nearly

13. A．Before                B．After              C．Because             D．If

14. A．sent out                 B．bought                 C．sold                  D．borrowed

15. A．left                    B．already               C．yet                   D．else

American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English   BrE——British English
【小题1】The Americans hardly say “_____”

American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”

The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.

There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.

It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.

AmE—— American English   BrE——British English

1.The Americans hardly say “_____”

A．Good-bye. Have a good day!

B．Glad to know you!

C．Hi!

D．Have you got a car?

2.What does the 3^rd paragraph talk about?

A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two languages will become separate languages.

B．American English will be used more and more.

C．The two languages will be closer and closer.

D．British English will be used more and more.

4.The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.

A．解释             B．预言             C．考虑             D．证明

American and British people use different greetings．In the USA．the commonest greeting is“Hi”．In Britain it is“Hello!”or“How are you?”“Hi!”is creeping（蔓延） into British，too．When they are introduced to someone，the Americans say，“Glad to know you．”The British say, “How do you do?”or“Pleased to meet you．”When Americans say“Good-bye”，they nearly always add，“Have a good day,”or“Have a good trip，”etc, to friends and strangers alike．The British are already beginning to use“Have a good day”

    The British usually use“got”in the meaning of “have”, The Americans hardly ever do so．

    AmE：Do you have a car? Yes．I do．

    BrE：Have you got a ear? Yes，I have．

    There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words，e．g．check（US）／cheque（UK）．Many American words ending in “or”e．g．honor, labor are spelt in British English with an“our”e．g．honour．labour, Many verhs in American English with“ize”or“izing”forms．e．g．organize，realizing arc spelt in BrE with“ise”or“isiug”，e．g．organise，realising．In American English．“practice”is used both for the verb and noun．In BrE，the verb is spelt “practise”，and the noun“practice”In American English．one writes“traveler,”while in British English．one writes“traveler”．

    It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate languages finally．But the opposite has happened．The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that they are closer together than ever．

（   ）1．The Americans hardly say“__________”

    A．Good-bye．Have a good day!                   B．Glad to know you!

    C．Hi!                                                            D．Have you got a car?

（   ）2．What does the fifth paragraph talk about?

    A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings?

    C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE．

（   ） 3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The two languages will become separate languages．

    B．American English will be more and inure widely used．

    C．The two languages will be closer and closer．

    D．British English will be used more and more。

（   ）4．Who writes “traveller”?

    A．American people                                      B．British people

    C．Both American people and British people       D．Neither of them

（   ）5．The underlined word“predicted”means _________in Chinese．

    A．解释                   B．预言                    C．考虑                   D．证明