题文

阅读理解。

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders, "Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me?" Leaners of English often ask, "What are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?" Do you know any differences between British English and American English?       Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English.      There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speaker of British English say "in hospital" and "Have you a pen?" While Americans say "in the hospital" and "Do you have a pen?"      Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the "r" in the words like "bird" and "hurt". Some speakers of British English don't sound the "r" in these words.      There are differences between British English and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, "colour" and "honour" are British. But "color" and "honor" are American.      These are differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British English and American English are the same lauguage.

1. The importance of the differences between British English and American English is _____.

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A. great B. quite great C. fairly great D. not great at all

2. _____ British English and American English are the same language.

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A. Nearly B. Partly C. On the Whole D. For the most people

3. _____ sound the "r" in the words.

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A. British English speakers B. Americans C. Both British English speakers and Americans D. Most Americans

4. How many differences are there between British English and American English?

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A. Grammer. B. Pronunciation. C. Spelling and vocabulary. D. A, B and C

5. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of this passage?

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A. Speaker of British English and American English use the same language. B. British English and American English are two kinds of languages. C. There are some difference between British English and American English. D. The writer stresses (强调) the differences between British English and American English.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

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据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 A student is learning to speak British English. ..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。