British English and American English A student is studying British English. He wonders: Can I have a talk with...

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        British English and American English
      A student is studying British English. He wonders: Can I have a talk with Americans? Can they catch me? Learners of English often ask--what are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?
       Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few differences in grammar（语法）. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” Americans “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation (发音) is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like “car”and “farm”. Some speakers of British English do not 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 English spellings. “Color” and “honor” are American English spellings.
      These differences are in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary. However, they are not important. For the most part, British English and American English are the same language.

（1）、In American English, we can say, “ ? ”

A、Have you a new book B、Do you have a new book C、Are you have a new book D、Can you to have a new book

（2）、Between British English and American English, sometimes pronunciation is .

A、poor B、different C、high D、short

（3）、In American English, the word “favourite”can be spelt .

A、favoruite B、favurite C、favorite D、favrite

（4）、Englishmen say “in hospital”, while Americans say .

A、at the hospital B、in the hospital C、by hospital D、to hospital

（5）、The main idea of the passage is that .

A、there are no differences between British English and American English B、British English and American English are two different languages C、speakers of British English and American English speak the same language D、we shouldn't speak English

举一反三

London's Chinese community(社区) dates back to the 18^th century, when a small number of Chinese sailors moved to the city to work in Limhouse, east London. As time went on, other Chinese came to this area and Limhouse began to be known as “Chinatown”. However, London's Chinese community remained every small for many years: at the start of the 20^th century, there were just 545 Chinese people in Britain.
After the Second World War, many farmers in Hong Kong lost their jobs and came to London. As Limhouse had been almost destroyed during the war, they settled (定居) in a different area—a port of central London near Leicester Square. This area is now what Londoners call Chinatown.
At first, the new immigrants found it difficult to get jobs. In the 1950s, however, a small Chinese restaurant opened in London. Many British people visited it and said that Chinese food was wonderful! Suddenly, Chinese restaurants and take-ways started opening in every part of the city. Instead of too little work, the new Chinese immigrants now found that they had too much! They worked as cooks, managers or waiters. Most of them enjoyed their lives and arranged their friends and relatives to join them from overseas.
As time went by, London's Chinese community became more and more successful. The sons and daughters of the original restaurant workers studied and worked very hard. And most went on to get highly paid jobs. Many Chinese families left Chinatown and moved to more expensive outskirts. Chinatown, however, is still as lively as ever.

      Traffic lights are very important for us. I think you know this. But do you know how they were born?
      Garrett A. Morgan was the father of traffic lights. He was an American. His family was very poor. He left school at the age of 14. He was clever. He always looked for better ways to do things. And he liked to make new things.
      At that time, every American wanted to have a car. The streets were full of cars. The traffic was really bad. “Why not put three lights at each corner ? They should be red_,green_,and yellow，” Morgan said , “ Let them tell cars to go or stop.” He made a timer (定时器)to change the lights.
     So we have traffic lights today .

阅读下面短文, 从短文前的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。

A. a B. get C. to D. the E. also F. in

In the future, we won't use paper {#blank#}1{#/blank#} write on. We can study on computers. And there will be fewer cars and less pollution. Everyone will play a part in protecting the earth. The sea will be cleaner and the sky will be bluer. So {#blank#}2{#/blank#} environment will get better and better.

I believe people will even have robots in their homes. They can help with the housework. Of course, there are already robots working {#blank#}3{#/blank#} factories now. They do simple jobs over and over again. And they will never {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bored. People will be able to fly to the moon for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} holiday. Perhaps people will live on a space station one day. However, some people disagree. They think it is impossible for humans to live in space.

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①What will our life be like in 50 years? Some scientists from the UK make some predictions about our life in the future. Let's have a look.

②Self-cleaning houses.Future houses might clean themselves while you're at school or work, or when you are sleeping. You can control（控制）your houses by sending messages through mobile phones.

③Insect(昆虫)-burgers.Insects will become our main food. They're rich in protein（蛋白质）. People can make them into burgers and some other food. People can keep more insects in their kitchens.

④Underground skyscrapers（摩天大楼）.You could call them "earthscrapers". They're underground buildings. During an earthquake（地震）, these buildings wouldn't fall down like normal skyscrapers.

⑤Special ways for travelling .To improve ways for traveling, people might take flying taxis and flying buses. For a long way to travel, they might take super rockets. The travel time between London and New York could be just 30 minutes by rocket.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Do you like penguins, especially the little furry ones? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recent), a giant king penguin chick(雏鸟)named Pesto has won hearts all over the world. He's a big hit on social media and the star animal in Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium(水族馆). It is also the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (one)penguin in this aquarium that is famous worldwide.

At just nine months old, Pesto weighs an amazing 49 pounds. That makes him {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (heavy)than any other penguin chicks in the aquarium for the past 30 years. And he weighs as much as the weight of both his parents!

As Pesto {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (grow)bigger and bigger, more and more people know about him. According to a statement from the aquarium, more than 1. 9 billion people worldwide have viewed his cute {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (video)on social media.

But is there any worry {#blank#}6{#/blank#}his extremely large size?" Not at all, "says Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium education supervisor Jacinta Early.

"He's going to start to lose his cute baby feathers. It might take him one to two months {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (get)rid of it completely. Then he'll be nice and shiny. "

For now, Pesto is enjoying {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (he)time in the spotlight. He continues attracting visitors and Internet users with his fluffy(富有绒毛的) {#blank#}9{#/blank#} oversized appearance.

As {#blank#}10{#/blank#}lovely penguin grows and loses his fluffy feathers, he'll still be loved by many people worldwide. But for now, this big penguin baby is waddling(蹒跚行走)his way into the hearts of millions.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Whether yellow, red or white, the onion is a vegetable that you may not know well. The list of its uses in cooking is endless. People have used onions to add flavor(味道) to their foods for thousands of years. Besides onions' great taste, they are very good for you. They have special chemicals that improve your ability to fight off illness and you have fewer chances of getting ill.

No matter how good onions are for you, it is difficult to cut an onion without your eyes filling with tears! When you cut an onion, irritating chemicals inside the onion will get into the air. They touch your whole eyes and cause pain. Your eyes make tears to wash away the chemicals and protect your eyes.

Luckily, cooks and scientists have discovered some ways to keep you from crying when you cut up onions.

●Cut the onion under running water. The water will wash away the chemicals before they can reach your eyes.

●Use a fan to blow air over the onion as you cut it. The air will blow the chemicals away from your eyes.

●Put the onion in a fridge for an hour before cutting. This helps make the chemicals in the onion move slowly, so they may not ever reach your eyes.

If you try out these good ideas and still cry while cutting onions, don't worry. Scientists think if you cut more onions, your body will become more resilient to the onion's chemicals. So the tears will not last long. If you think about how healthy onions are, you might even call those tears" happy tears".

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