《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修1外研版青海专版》

2 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You may have noticed that a lot of words and expressions in British and American English have different meanings, although their spellings are the same.
1. B Here is one example.
When you ask someone from Britain how to get to the underground and he or she will show you a kind of transport.
2. D There is a story about an Englishman visiting New York for the first time.
3. G The New Yorker gave a very rude answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try digging a hole?”
4. A He did not know that in British English, the underground means nothing more than the subway.
5. C On the other hand, British people and Americans use different words to express the same meaning sometimes. Americans go on vacation, while Brits go on holidays. In the United States, a person asks for dessert after dinner, but a person in Britain may ask for a sweet.
A. The New Yorker mistakenly thought that the Englishman was interested in the place below the surface of the ground.
B. Therefore, many English learners get confused and make mistakes on these vocabularies.
C. The above example shows that sometimes the same word has different meanings in British and American English.
D. However, asking an American the same question could make you feel embarrassed.
E. So it is with its pronunciation.
F. There are some differences in grammar.
G. He stopped a man and asked how to get to the underground.

答案： 1. B 考查上下文语境。根据上文可知，英式英语和美式英语中有很多单词和短语拼写相同，但意义不同，这是很多英语学习者在用词上感到困惑并且出错的原因，故选 B。
2. D 考查上下文语境。根据第二段第一句和下文 The New Yorker gave a very rude answer... 可知，此处是说问美国人同样的问题会让你很尴尬，故选 D。
3. G 考查上下文语境。根据下文可知，此处是说英国人拦住美国人问路。
4. A 考查上下文语境。根据上下文可知，美国人粗鲁回答英国人的原因是他不知道在英式英语中 underground 是“地铁”的意思，而是误认为英国人对地面以下的地方感兴趣。
5. C 考查上下文语境。根据第二段所举的例子以及下文可知，作者此处是总结前面的内容，即有时候同样的单词在英式英语和美式英语中有不同的意思。