[名校]浙江省义乌市第三中学高一英语必修一校本作业：同步练习.docVIP

　　短文内容 British English and American English 　　Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English. How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this question. At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America became an independent country. After that the language slowly began to change. For a long time, the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about fall. Today most British people talk about autumn, but Americans still talk about fall. 　　At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages. For example the British took typhoon from Chinese, while the Americans took tornado from Spanish. 　　In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English. So he changed the spelling of many words. Except for these differences in spelling, written English is almost the same in both British and American English. 　　The differences are greater in the spoken language. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other. 　　1．America stopped being a part of England in _________. 　　　　A. 1707　　　　　B. 1828　　　　　C. 1776　　　　　　D. 1991 　　答案：C 　　2．British English is different from American English because _________. 　　　　A. Britain decided to change the spelling of many American words 　　　　B. American English changed but British English stayed the same 　　　　C. The Americans and British people took different words from other languages 　　　　D. America is a bigger country 　　答案：C 　　3．Noah Webster was _________. 　　　　A. an American president 　　　　B. a Spanish farmer 　　　　C. a British teacher 　　　　D. an American writer 　　答案：D 　　4．Which of the following statements is true? 　　　　A. In the future both American English and British English will stay the same. 　　　　B. I