A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders (想知道): Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? 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?” Americans say “in the hospital!” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “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.

1. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that_______.

A. British people cannot understand him

B. American people cannot understand him

C. the grammar is too hard for him

D. the spelling is too hard for him

2. American English and British English are different in ________.
　 A. spelling　 　 B. pronunciation 　 C. grammar 　　 D. all of the above

3. What is not mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English.

B. Whether British English and American English are one language or two.

C. How the differences between British Eng?lish and American English came about.

D. How important the differences are.

4. According to this passage, British people and Americans have _________ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little 　　　　　 B. much　　　　　　 C. some　 　　　　　 D. great

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first- class roads, and other support facilities（配套設(shè)施）needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.

Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

1. Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection？

A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.　B. Building roads and hotels is essential.

C. Support facilities are highly necessary. 　　 D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.

2. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ____________ .

A. a bad effect on other industries　　 　　B. a change of tourists’ customs

C. over-crowdedness of places of interest　　D. pressure on traffic

3. It can be inferred from the text that _____________ .

A. the author doesn’t like tourism developing so fast

B. local people will benefit from tourist attraction

C. other parts of a country’s economy won’t benefit from tourism much

D. we can't build too many support facilities

4. The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will ____________ .

A. waste a lot of money　　　　　　　　 　　B. weaken their economy

C. help establish their customs　　　　　 　　D. help improve their life

—Where did you get your laptop? I’d like to get one．

　 —Well, at_______ shop on Avenue 48,but I can’t say exactly．

　 A．some　　　 B．a(chǎn)ny　　　　 C．each　　　　　 　　　　 D．every

With the development of Internet, ________ communication is done by regular mail.

A. less　　　　　　 B. more　　　　　　　 C. little　　　　　　 D. much

What he has done is far from 　　　　.?

A.satisfactory　　　 B.satisfied　　　 C.satisfaction　　　 D.satisfy

—How are the things in your village?

—Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are 　　　　now than before.

A. badly off　　 B. worse off　　　 C. well off　　　 D. better off

You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting, ______ you don’t mind taking the night train.

　 A. provided　　　　 B. unless　　　　 C. though　　　　　 D. until

Don’t worry, Mary. You will ______this climate before long.

A. be fit for  B. get used toC. get along well with   D. fit

You are late．If you　　 a few minutes earlier,you　　 him．

　 A．came；Would meet B．had come；Would have met

　 C．come；Will meet D．had come；would meet

Totally ______ accident, the businessman picked up a _______ antique(古董) in the flea market(跳蚤市場(chǎng))

A by; true　 　　　　B. in; indeed　 　　　C. with; actual　 　　D. by; genuine