Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish课件（外研版必修5）.pptVIP

;;;;;;Ⅲ. 句式填空 1. while位于句中，常表对比，意思为“而，却” The British say Have you got. . . ? while Americans prefer Do you have. . . ？（而美国人更喜欢说Do you have. . . ？） 2. it is/was/has been+形容词+to do sth. 意为“做某事是/曾经是……的” Since the 1980s, with satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possible to listen to British and American English（听到英国英语和美国英语是可能的）at the flick of a switch. ;3. so that 引导结果状语从句，意为“结果，因此” But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English, so that some people now believe（结果有些人现在认为）that British English will disappear. 4. v. -ing短语位于句尾作结果状语时，表示自然而然、意料之中的结果 By the 1850s it was selling one million copies a year, making it one of the most popular school books ever（使得它成为最受欢迎的学校课本之一）. ;Ⅳ. 教材设题 1. The British use prepositions where Americans sometimes omit _______ . A. / B. them C. it D. ones 【解析】选B。考查代词。此题易误选A项。where在本句中引导的是地点状语从句，意为“在……地方”。因从句中omit缺少宾语，排除A项；因prepositions为复数形式，排除C项；ones 表泛指，不合句意。;2. The other two areas _______ the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation. A. from which B. in which C. on which D. at which 【解析】选B。differ from表示两者本身有不同，意为“不同于”；differ in表示两者在某方面存在不同，意为“在……方面不同”。结合句意，应选B。;3. After all, there is probably _______ variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them. A. so much B. so many C. too much D. as much 【解析】选D。本句考查as. . . as结构。由variation的形式可排除B项；so. . . as常用于否定句和疑问句，排除A项；too much不与as连用，排除C项。;4. A Londoner has _______ understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker. A. much difficulty B. more difficulty C. many difficulties D. more difficulties 【解析】选B。have difficulty（in）doing sth. 短语中，difficulty为抽象名词，表“做某事的困难”，用单数形式，排除C、D两项；又因句中有than表示比较，故选B，不选A。;5. For more than a century communications across the Atlantic _______ steadily. A. developed