PeriodOneIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary(时间：50分钟)Ⅰ.介副词填空1．BritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent________manyways.2．Asatourist,youwillneedtousetheundergroundinLondonorthesubwayinNewYork,ormaybeyouwillprefertoget________thetownbytaxi(British)orcab(American)．3．Prepositions,too,canbedifferent:compareontheteam,ontheweekend(American)________intheteam,attheweekend(British)．4．Theothertwoareas________whichthetwovarietiesdifferarespellingandpronunciation.5．Theaccent,whichismostsimilar________BritishEnglish,canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheU．S..6．Sincethe1980s,withsatelliteTVandtheInternet,ithasbeenpossibletolistentoBritishandAmericanEnglish________theflickofaswitch.7．Butithasalsoled________lotsofAmericanwordsandstructurespassingintoBritishEnglish,sothatsomepeoplenowbelievethatBritishEnglishwilldisappear.8．However,ifyouturn________CNN,theAmericanTVnetwork,youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwithdifferentaccents—American,British,AustralianandevenSpanish.答案1.in2.around3.with4.in5.to6.at7.to8.onⅡ.单词拼写1．Thefirstandmosto________wayisinthevocabulary.2．Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbec________.3．TheBritishuseprepositionswhereAmericanssometimeso________them.4．ManyfactorshaveinfluencedAmericanpronunciationsincethefirst________(移民)arrivedfourhundredyearsago.5．WhentheIrishwriterGeorgeBernardShawmadethefamous________(评论)thattheBritishandtheAmericansaretwonationsdividedbyacommonlanguage,hewasobviouslythinkingaboutthedifferences.6．FormorethanacenturycommunicationsacrosstheAtlantichavedeveloped________(不断地)．答案1.obvious2.confusing3.omit4.settlers5.remark6.steadilyⅢ.翻译与仿写1．Americansuseaflashlight，whilefortheBritish，it'satorch.翻译________________________________________________________________________仿写格林先生喜欢摇滚音乐，而他的妻子喜欢流行音乐。________________________________________________________________________2．ALondonerhasmoredifficultyunderstandingaScotsmanfromGlasgowthanunderstandingaNewYorker.翻译________________________________________________________________________仿写你找到他家遇到困难了没有？________________________________________________________________________3．Thenonstopcommunication,theexpertsthink,hasmadeiteasierforBritishpeopleandAmericanstounderstandeachother.翻译________________________________________________________________________仿写我们会使你更容易些解出这道数学难题。________________________________________________________________________答案1.美国人用flashlight表示手电筒，而英国人用torch。Mr.Greenisfondofrockmusic,whilehiswifeisinterestedinpopmusic.2．一个伦敦人要听懂来自格拉斯哥的苏格兰人说话比听懂纽约人说话更难。Didyouhaveanydifficulty(in)findinghishouse?3．专家认为，这种不间断的交流使英国人和美国人相互理解起来更加容易。We’llmakeiteasierforyoutoworkoutthedifficultmathsproblem.Ⅳ.语篇填词BritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinmanyways.Thefirstandmost__1__wayisinthevocabulary.Sometimesthesamewordhasaslightlydifferentmeaning,whichcanbe__2__.Thereareafewdifferencesingrammar,too.Besides,theothertwoareasinwhichthetwovarieties__3__arespellingandpronunciation.Americanspellingseems__4__.Manyfactorshave__5__Americanpronunciationsincethefirstsettlersarrived.Theaccent,whichismost__6__toBritishEnglish,canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.Someexpertsbelievethatthetwo__7__aremovingclose...
