【状元之路】高中英语 语篇提能8 新人教必修1.doc

语 篇 提 能阅读理解aa student is learning to speak british english. he wonders: can i communicate with americans? can they understand me? learners of english often ask: what are the differences between british and american english? how important are these differences?certainly, there are some differences between british and american english. there are a few differences in grammar. for example, speakers of british english say “in hospital” and “have you a pen？”， americans say “in the hospital” and “do you have a pen？”. pronunciation is sometimes different. americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. speakers of british english do not sound theirs in these words. there are differences between british and american english in spelling and vocabulary. for example, “colour” and “honour” are british, “color” and “honor” are american.these differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. for the most part, british and american english are the same language.1according to this passage, a student who is learning to speak american english might be afraid that _.a. american people cannot understand himb. british people cannot understand himc. the grammar is too hard for himd. the spelling is too hard for him答案与解析b推理判断题。根据文章第一段前两句“一个学英国英语的学生想知道他是否能与美国人交流，美国人是否能理解他？”可知一个学美国英语的学生也许会担心英国人不理解他。2american english and british english are different in _.a. spelling b. pronunciationc. grammar d. all of the above答案与解析d细节理解题。根据文章第二段提到的在语法、拼写、发音和词汇方面的区别可知d项正确。3what is not mentioned (提及) in the passage?a. how important the differences are.b. whether there are differences between british english and american english.c. whether british english and american english are one language or two.dhow the differences between british english and american english happened.答案与解析d细节理解题。文章没有涉及的就是英美英语差异是如何形成的。4most _ say “do you have a watch？”a. children b. teachersc. americans d. british people答案与解析c细节理解题。根据文章第二段举例的美国人说的“do you have a pen”可知美国人说“do you have a watch？”bi ran into quite a few language problems while vacationing with my family last summer. the most embarrassing was when my mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her “pants were dirty”. they looked at her in amazement (吃惊), not knowing how to react. you see, mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans. but in britain, “pants” means underpants or knickers, not trousers as it does back home.katie from americai went to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer. her flat was on the first floor of a highrise building so i got the lift up. then i wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldnt find it. fed up and tired, i finally had to go out to find a phone box. she explained that her flat was on the first floor, which for me meant the ground floor. david from britainwhen i asked for the “restroom” in a big department store, people kept directing me to a room with seats where i could sit and “rest”. it took me years to get through to someone that i only wanted the toilet!tom from americalast summer we went on a twoweek family touring holiday, so dad hired a car over the internet. this was an old vehicle (汽车) and there turned out to be lots of things wrong with it. when he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear! he had no idea their word for “boot” was “trunk”. in the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.mary from britain5hearing katies mothers words, katies friends were in surprise because _.a. katies mother got mud on her jeansb. katies mothers underpants were dirtyc. they mistook “pants” in american for underpantsd. they didnt know english答案与解析c细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知c项正确。6david went out to find a phone box to _.a. phone the police for helpb. phone his friend for helpc. tell his friend he couldnt go to visit herd. apologize for his being late答案与解析b推理判断题。david去找电话亭自然是给朋友打电话。7when tom asked for the “restroom”， the people around him thought _.a. he wanted to have a restb. he wanted the toiletc. he wanted a chaird. he wanted