Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishPeriodOneWarmupandReading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1．WhatarethefourwaysinwhichBritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent?A．Vocabulary，accent，grammarandspelling.B．Vocabulary，grammar，spellingandpronunciation.C．Vocabulary，speaking，spellingandgrammar.D．Vocabulary，writing，grammarandpronunciation.2．What’sthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?A．Differencesinwordsthatarenotwellknown.B．Differencesingrammar.C．Differencesinwordsthatarewellknown.D．DifferencesinBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.3．________have/hasmadeiteasierfortheBritishandAmericanstounderstandeachother.A．TelevisionB．RadioC．TheInternetD．BothAandC4．HowmanylanguagescanMonitaRajpalspeak?A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five.5．Inthefuture，usersofEnglishwillallbeabletounderstand________.A．onlyinthesamecountryB．inAmericaC．indifferentcountriesD．inEnglandⅡ.课文缩写WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish?First，BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharedifferentinthe1.________.They2.________inwordsthatarewellknownandnotwellknown.Second，thereareafewdifferencesin3.________.Third，the4.________ofsomewordsisdifferent.Americanspellingseems5.________.Fourth，therearedifferencesin6.________.Thoughtherearemany7.________betweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish，nativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereven8.________theydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Ⅲ.用适当的介、副词填空1．BritishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent________manyways.2．Americansdriveautomobilesdownfreewaysandfill________withgas.3．TheBritishqueueup；Americansstand________line.4．Theaccent，whichismostsimilar________BritishEnglish，canbeheardontheEastCoastoftheUS.5．Butithasalsoled________lotsofAmericanwordsandstructurespassingintoBritishEnglish.6．Thisinternationaldimensionsuggeststhat________thefuture，therearegoingtobemany“Englishes”，notjusttwomainvarieties.7．However，ifyouturn________CNN，theAmericanTVnetwork，youfindnewsreadersandweatherforecastersallspeakingwithdifferentaccents.8．Therearehundreds________differentwordswhicharenotusedontheothersideoftheAtlantic.9．Maybeyouwillprefertogetaroundthetown________taxi(British)orcab(American)．10．IntheStateschipsareverythinandaresold________packets.Ⅳ.同义词语替换1．Itisclearthatthissituationcannotlastmuchlonger.________________2．Whatyousaidwaspuzzling.________________3．Thefirsttwoparagraphsofyourarticleshouldbeleft_out.________________4．Shewasverylazy，whichcausedherfailure.________________5．Thenewsthathewasfiredspreadquickly.________________Ⅴ.完成句子1．Ithinkweshoulddotheworkbyourselves.________________(毕竟)，wearegrownups.2．Weallsuggestthathe________________________(看医生)．3．________________________(他有可能)topasstheexam.4．I________________________________________(宁愿去看电影而不愿呆在家里)．5．Isaw________________________(他困惑的表情)whenyouwerespeaking.能力提升阅读理解AAstudyofEnglishlearningproblemswascarriedoutamongatotalof106foreignstudents.ItshowsthatmoststudentsconsideredunderstandingspokenEnglishtobetheirbiggestproblemonarrival.Thiswasfollowedbyspeaking.Writingincreasedasaproblemasstudentsdiscovereddifficultiesinwritingpapersthattheywerenowexpectedtohandin.Readingremainedasasignificant(显著的)problem.Theinformationgainedhelpedusindeterminingwherespecialattentionshouldbepaidinourcourse.Althoughmanystudentshavechosentojointhecoursewithare...
