Welcome back! Passage 1

　　阅读理解一

　　Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?

　　Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say "in hospital" and "Have you a pen?", while Americans say "in the hospital" and "Do you have a pen?" Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the "r" in words like"bird"and "hurt". Some speakers of British English do not sound the "r" in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, "colour" and"honour" are British, while "color" and "honor" are American.

　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part,British and American English are the same language.

　　注释

　　1、grammar n.语法

　　2、pronunciation n.发音

　　3、vocabulary n.词汇

　　根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1Are there many differences in grammar between British and American English?

　　A. There are few differences between them.

　　B. There are many differences between them.

　　C. There are some differences between them.

　　D. There are not any differences between them.

　　()2Americans don't say "Have you a pen?",do they?

　　A. Yes, they do.B. No, they do.

　　C. Yes, they don't.D. No, they don't.

　　()3Who say "in hospital"?. Who say "in the hospital"?

　　A. Americans say"in the hospital"while Englishmen say"in hospital".

　　B. Americans say"in hospital"while Englishmen say"in the hospital".

　　C. Both Americans and Englishmen say"in hospital".

　　D. Neither Americans nor Englishmen say"in hospital".

　　()4From the article(文章) we can know.

　　A. American English is better than British English.

　　B. it's not so difficult for a British English speaker to understand American English.

　　C. the spelling of "color" is wrong while the spelling of"colour" is right.

　　D. we should say "in hospital" instead of "in the hospital".

　　()5What's the main idea of the article?

　　A. We should learn both American English and British English.

　　B. British and American English are two different languages.

　　C. American English is more useful than British English.

　　D. Speakers of British and American English speak the same language.

　　Passage 2阅读理解二

　　Aren't you glad that mothers and fathers give names to their children? Names are the quickest and easiest and the most friendly way to say who's who. Another nice thing about names is that they do not change as people do. Yesterday Mary's hair was long. Today her hair is short. But her name is still Mary. On his birthday Uncle Tom didn't have moustache. At Christmas time he did. But his name is still Tom. People are always changing, a little or a lot. But people's names are not the same.

　　A name sometimes says something nice about someone. Girls' names often come from words meaning"pretty""happy", "loving"... Boys' names are often borrowed from words which mean"strong", "brave"...

　　Do you know how your name comes?

　　注释

　　1、quickest adj.最快捷的

　　2、change v.变化

　　3、moustache n.胡子

　　4、pretty adj.漂亮的

　　5、strong adj.强壮的

　　6、brave adj.勇敢的根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1usually give names to the children.

　　A. ParentsB. FriendsC. Family membersD. Teachers

　　()2A man's name .

　　A. is seldom(很少) changingB. changes as he does

　　C. changes at any timeD. is always changing

　　()3 If there is a word"brave"in a boy's name, that means his parents wish him .

　　A. to have a name for love

　　B. to be stronger, when he grows up(长大)

　　C. to have a strong body

　　D. not to be afraid of anybody

　　()4In the last paragraph, the underlined word "borrow" means.

　　A.拿走B.带来C.借用D.使用

　　Passage 3

　　完形填空

　　Sun

　　A Chinese student goes to study English in the Great Britain. His 1 name is "Sun". It is the same word 2 "sun".

　　The Great Britain is a country with 3. It's often 4 or misty. It rains often. So the people there don't get 5 sunshine in the whole year.

　　When the student 6 London, a tall policeman begins to check his passport. When he sees the student's family name"Sun", the policeman says 7 him, "You are wanted in our city!"

　　The student is surprised. But in 8 minutes the policeman says 9 a smile, "Mr Sun, you bring sunshine to our country. Welcome 10 London!"

　　注释

　　1、the Great Britain大不列颠，即英国

　　2、misty adj.雾的

　　3、check v.检查

　　4、passport n.护照

　　5、surprised adj.吃惊的通读短文选出一个最佳答案

　　()1A. familyB. fullC. givenD. last

　　()2A. withB. ofC. asD. like

　　()3A. a bad weatherB. bad weatherC. bad weathersD. good weather

　　()4A. a cloudB. cloudsC. cloudD. cloudy

　　()5A. manyB. muchC. a lot ofD. little

　　()6A. getB. get toC. gets toD. gets

　　()7A. toB. withC. byD. in

　　()8A. a littleB. fewC. a fewD. little

　　()9A. byB. withC. inD. on

　　()10A. to goB. go toC. inD. to

　　Passage 4

　　判断正误

　　We know that a family name is one's last name or surname in Britain, while a given name is his first name or Christian name. But do you know what a family name means?

　　Long time ago, many people's family names meant who they were.

　　Some people's last names may tell us their jobs. If someone's last name was Weaver, then his job was a weaver, he produced cloth. If a man was called Taylor, he usually did a tailor's work. A man called Garden would work as a gardener.

　　A last name may also show who a person's father was. For example, Peter's son meant"Peterson", that is, the person's father was Peter. Thompson meant the person was the son of Thomas.

　　注释

　　1、surname n.姓

　　2、Christian name教名

　　3、weaver n.纺织工

　　4、produce v.生产

　　5、cloth n.布

　　6、tailor n.裁缝根据文章内容判断正误

　　()1In Britain a family name comes last.

　　()2Chinese names aren't the same as English names.

　　()3In the Past, if someone's last name was Fisher, then his job was to catch fish in boats.

　　()4A person with this name worked in a kitchen, his last name was Baker.

　　()5Thompson meant the person was the son of Peter.

　　参考答案

　　Passage 1

　　1、C文章第二段第一句告诉我们英语与美语是有区别的。

　　2、D本句是反意疑问句，因前半部分为否定句，故No,they don't应翻译为：是的，他们(指美国人)不说"Have you a pen?"文章第二段叙述得很清楚。

　　3、A文章第二段，注意while的意思是"然而"。

　　4、BA、C、D三句都是错误的。

　　5、D点明主题，在很多方面，英语与美语是相同的语言。

　　Passage 2

　　1、A从文章第一句话中可知道孩子们的名字通常由父母所起。

　　2、A从文章第一段第三句话可知人的名字很少起变化。

　　3、D因为brave的本意是"勇敢的"的意思。

　　4、Cborrow的意思是"借入"，在此指父母借用"强壮"、"勇敢"等词给男孩起名字，故指借用。

　　Passage 3

　　1、Afamily name姓。中国人的名字为姓在前，名在后；从文章第三段中也可找出本题答案。

　　2、C从词组the same as得知选C。

　　3、B从文中即可知英国天气不好，而weather是不可数名词，故选B。

　　4、D形容词cloudy在句中作表语，与misty并列。

　　5、Bsunshine为不可数名词，本句又为否定句，故不能选a lot of。

　　6、C主语为第三人称单数，get当"到达"时又是不及物名词。

　　7、Asay to sb对某人说。

　　8、Cfew, a few修饰可数名词，a few表肯定，few表示否定，本句表达的意思：几分钟后，所以选C。

　　9、Bwith a smile作伴随状语，意思是面带微笑。

　　10、D欢迎某人到某地Welcome to some places。

　　Passage 4

　　1、T从文章第一段第一句话可知英国人的姓名是名字在前，姓在其后。

　　2、T通过课本所学知识，以及从文中强调的英文名字的构成得知：中英文名字是不一样的。

　　3、T很久以前，很多人的姓来自他们所从事的职业。

　　4、Fkitchen与Baker意思不一致。

　　5、FThompson应为Thomas的儿子，而不是Peter的儿子。