《2025年零失误分层训练高中英语必修第一册外研版》

I.阅读理解
　　There is an old saying that America and
Britain are“two nations divided by a common language.”No one knows exactly who said this,but it reflects the way many Brits feel about
American English.But are American and British English really so different?
　　Vocabulary
　　The most obvious difference between
American and British English is vocabulary.There are hundreds of everyday words that are different.For example,Americans go on vacation while Brits go on holiday;New Yorkers live in apartments while Londoners live in flats.There are far more examples than we can talk about here.Fortunately,most Americans and Brits can usually guess the meaning through the context of a sentence.
　　Past Tense Verbs
　　You'll also find some differences with past forms of irregular verbs.The past tense of
“learn"in American English is“learned".
British English has the option(选择)　of “learned"or“learnt".The same rule applies to “dreamed"and“dreamt",“burned"and “burnt",and“leaned"and“leant".Americans tend to use the -ed ending;Brits tend to use the -t ending.
　　Spelling
　　There are hundreds of slight spelling differences between British and American English.Noah Webster,an author,politician and teacher,made an effort to reform English spelling in the late 1700s.
　　Webster wanted to spell words the way they sounded.You can see Webster's legacy(遗产)
　in the American spelling of words like color(from colour),honor(from honour),and labor(from labour).
　　Not So Different After All
　　British and American English have far more similarities than differences.With the exception of some regional dialects,most Brits and
Americans can understand each other without too much difficulty.They watch each other's TV shows,sing each other's songs and read each other's books.They even make fun of each other's accents.
　1.Which of the following is a group of American words?
　A.vacation;holiday B.apartment;flat
　C.vacation;apartment D.holiday;flat
2.What do we know about British and American English from the last paragraph?
　A.They both have some strange words.
　B.They are affecting people using them.
　C.They connect people of the two countries.
　D.Their differences have little effect on communication.
3.What can be the best title for the text?
　A.Ways to tell British English from American English.
　B.Differences between British and American English.
　C.Development of British and American English.
　D.Difficulty for Brits and Americans to understand each other.

答案： 1.C[提示:细节理解题。根据Vocabulary部分的“For example, Americans go on vacation while Brits go on holiday; New Yorkers live in apartments while Londoners live in flats.”可知，vacation和apartment都是美国人用的词汇，故选C。]
2.D[提示:细节理解题。根据最后一段“British and American English have far more similarities than differences. With the exception of some regional dialects, most Brits and Americans can understand each other without too much difficulty. They watch each other's TV shows, sing each other's songs and read each other's books. They even make fun of each other's accents.”可知，英式英语和美式英语有很多相似之处，除了一些方言，两国人沟通是没有障碍的，故选D。]
3.B[提示:主旨大意题。根据第一段的“But are American and British English really so different?”可知，文章的主题就是介绍美式英语和英式英语的不同。B项(英式英语和美式英语的不同之处)可作为本文最佳标题，故选B。]