Question

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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】

試題分析：文章主要講解了美國英語和英國英語的歷史淵源及其他們在語言發音和書寫上的差異。

 通過后文，我們能夠看到美式英語和英式英語的相似性，但有時候也是不同的，故填similarities

 通過后文，很多學生想要知道在英式和美式之間的差異，故填differences

 根據歷史可知，美國在1776美國成為了一個獨立的國家，故填independent

 根據句意，美國人仍然用I guess 來表達I think 同樣的意思，故填meaning

 句中已經有了謂語動詞started ，故此處用ending up with 以…結束

 pronounce發音，動詞形式，句意：在美國，人們發not /nɑt/這個音，而在英國的南部，人們發/n?t/這個音。

考點：語篇大意的把握和詞匯考察

點評：本文中所陳述的事情非常清晰，沒有太多生詞。對于此類填空題，學生需要讀懂全文，在理解了全文的基礎上，根據上下文的提示去寫單詞，注重對所填詞的形式和所作成分的區別是解答本題的關鍵。