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大石桥二高中2015—2016学年度下学期3月月考 高一英语试卷 第一部分 听力 （省略） 第二部分 阅读理解 （ 共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （ 共15小题，每题2分 ，满分 30分） 阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。 A A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders(想知道): Can I communicate(交际) 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. spellingB. pronunciation C. grammar D. all of the above 3．What is NOT mentioned() 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 English and American English came about. D. How important the differences are. B If your mother wants to tell you something, she uses words. Birds can not talk as we do. But some