Question

【题目】 There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.

When my friend Lily from London used the word "larder", I didn't know what it meant. Realizing I didn't follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.

The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.

Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.

Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store（食品杂货店）recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.

In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.

【1】When Lily used the word "larder", she was probably looking for a ________.

A. cupB. ladder

C. cupboardD. cooker

【2】What does the underlined phrase "jotted down" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Wrote down.B. Left behind.

C. Looked for.D. Settled down.

【3】According to the passage, Lily regretted sending her boys to watch a tennis game mainly because ________. .

A. the game was boring

B. she wanted to spend time with her boys

C. she didn't dress her boys in thick clothes

D. her boys got lost

【4】What is the passage mainly about？

A. The British way of using words.

B. Some new words the writer's British friends taught her.

C. The reasons why Americans can't follow the British at times.

D. Some words used differently in British English and American English.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。作者通过生活中的一些例子告诉我们英式英语和美式英语的差异。

【1】推理判断题。根据第二段中的"I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food"可知，Lily在寻找一个可以放食物的东西，由此推断她想找的是“橱柜”。故选C。

【2】词义猜测题。根据前文The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date.可知作者和Lily正在计划共进午餐。根据"while I marked my calendar（日历）"可知作者在日历上标记了日期，这说明她们已经定好了日期。由此推测在作者标记日期的同时，Lily将日期写在了日记本上。故选A项。

【3】推理判断题。根据第三段中的Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those可知Lily后悔让她的儿子在without their fleece的情况下观看清晨的网球比赛，作者猜测Lily说“without their fleeces”是想说没穿他们的夹克或者类似的衣服。这说明Lily后悔让自己的儿子去看网球比赛是因为没给自己的儿子穿厚衣服，故选C。

【4】主旨大意题。根据文章第一段There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting. 可知作者说英式英语和美式英语之间有一些不同，有一些差异很有趣。之后举了一些例子来说明这些有趣的差异（主要是用词上的）。也就是本文主要讲述了英式英语和美式英语的一些词在使用上的差异，故选D。

概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。本文的第一段There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.很明显就是主题句，考生只要注意第一段就可以抓住全文主旨，即英式英语和美式英语的一些差异，选出正确答案D项。