Question

请将下列方框里所列词汇的正确形式填到短文中，每空限一词，不能重复使用。

depend        important   similar    contribute     mean       pronunciation   differ      strength   end up        attend

We can see the 1) __________ between American English British English but they are different sometimes. Many students want to know about the 2) __________ between American English and British English.

At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America became a (an) 3) __________ 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 abut "fall". In the same way Americans still use the expression "I guess" 4) __________ "I think", just as the British did 300 years ago.

At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, 5) __________ with different words. 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. That’s why the words "colour", "centre" and "traveller" are spelt "color", "center" and "traveler" in American English. Except for spelling, written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.

They are also different in the spoken language. For example, Americans say dance /dæns/, and in southern England they say /dɑ?ns/. In America they 6) p__________ not /nɑt/; in southern England they say /n?t/. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any trouble in understanding each other.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

 similarities

 differences

 independent

 meaning

 ending up

 pronounce

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲解了美国英语和英国英语的历史渊源及其他们在语言发音和书写上的差异。

 通过后文，我们能够看到美式英语和英式英语的相似性，但有时候也是不同的，故填similarities

 通过后文，很多学生想要知道在英式和美式之间的差异，故填differences

 根据历史可知，美国在1776美国成为了一个独立的国家，故填independent

 根据句意，美国人仍然用I guess 来表达I think 同样的意思，故填meaning

 句中已经有了谓语动词started ，故此处用ending up with 以…结束

 pronounce发音，动词形式，句意：在美国，人们发not /nɑt/这个音，而在英国的南部，人们发/n?t/这个音。

考点：语篇大意的把握和词汇考察

点评：本文中所陈述的事情非常清晰，没有太多生词。对于此类填空题，学生需要读懂全文，在理解了全文的基础上，根据上下文的提示去写单词，注重对所填词的形式和所作成分的区别是解答本题的关键。