高中英语Unit 2 English around the world同步练习1 新课标 人教版 必修1

Unit 2 English around the world 同步练习11在某些方面_答案：in some ways2或者或者_答案：eitheror3起重要作用_答案：play an important part / role4走近；达到_答案：come up to5以为基础_答案：be based on / baseon6接近于_答案：be close to7在17世纪_答案：in the 1600s / in the 1600s8利用_答案：make use of9信不信由你_答案：believe it or not10玩得快乐_答案：have fun11请求_答案：make a request12经过时间_答案：over time13即使_答案：even if / even though14的数量_答案：the number of15解决问题_答案：solve the problem16另一门语言_答案：a second language17带去_答案：takewithHere is a passage about British and American English. Listen to the tape carefully and then do the exercises below. The text will be read twice.1America stopped being a part of England in _.A. 1707B. 1828C. 1776D. 1991答案：C2British English is different from American English because _.A. Britain decided to change the spelling of many American wordsB. American English changed but British English stayed the sameC. The Americans and British people took different words from other languagesD. America is a bigger country答案：C3Noah Webster was _.A. an American presidentB. a Spanish farmerC. a British teacherD. an American writer答案：D4Which of the following statements is true?A. In the future both American English and British English will stay the same.B. In the future American English will change but British English will not.C. In the future British English will change but American English will not.D. In the future both British English and American English will change.答案：D短文内容British English and American EnglishMany students want to know about the differences between American English and British English. How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this question. At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America became an independent country. After that the language slowly began to change. For a long time, the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about fall. Today most British people talk about autumn, but Americans still talk about fall.At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages. For example the British took typhoon from Chinese, while the Americans took tornado from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English. So he changed the spelling of many words. Except for these differences in spelling, written English is almost the same in both British and American English.The differences are greater in