LauraandherbrotherJohnwereshopping.Theysawthissign(标志).Bananas5kilosfor$3.00.Buysomeandenjoytheirdeliciousflavour(滋味)!LookingatitLauralaughed.
“What’sfunny?”askedJohn.
“Theydidn’tspell‘flavor’right”saidLaura.
“No.TheyusedBritishEnglish”saidJohn.“Bothofthemareright.”
“Whatdoyoumean?”askedLaura.
“AmericanandBritishEnglisharedifferent”saidJohn.
“Whatarethedifferences?”askedLaura.
“OnebigdifferencebetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishistheword.ForexamplepantsarecalledtrousersbytheBritish.”
“Howdifferent!”saidLaura.
“BritishpeoplealsospeakwithadifferentpronunciationfromAmericanpeople.SomewordsarealsospelleddifferentlybytheBritish.Theyput‘o’and‘u’togetherinsomewordslikecolourfavouriteandflavour”saidJohn.
“Butwhichoneisright?”askedLaura.
“BothtwokindsofEnglisharecorrect.Smartpeoplealwaysrememberthis”saidJohn.
“HowdoyouknowsomuchaboutEnglish?”askedLaura.
“HahayouknowI’mareporter.Iwenttomanycountriesandmetmanyinterestingpeopleandthings”saidJohn.
()1.Lauralaughedatthesignbecause .
A.thesignwasright
B.herbrotherwasfunny
C.therewasafunnypicturenexttothesign
D.shethoughttheyspelledthewrongword
()2.Thereare kindsofEnglishmentioned(提到)inthepassage.
A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four
()3.OnebigdifferencebetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishisthe .
A.grammarB.wordC.spellingD.pronunciation
()4.JohnknewsomuchaboutEnglishbecause .
A.helikedspeakingEnglish
B.hestudiedEnglish
C.hewenttomanycountries
D.hewasanEnglishteacher
()5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?
A.LauraandJohnwereintheschool.
B.AmericanpeoplespeakwiththesamepronunciationastheBritish.
C.Americanpeopleput“o”and“u”togetherinsomewords.
D.TheBritishspell“color”as“colour”.
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