脸出油课时跟踪练（一）Introduction & Reading —Pre-reading
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.
When my friend Lily from London ud the word “lardercompassion”， I didn't know what it meant. Realizing I didn't follow her, she ud another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food. The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted_down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.
Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted nding her boys to watc
h an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like tho. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pisd. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pisd means drunk.
Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an erar, which, in England, is often called a rubber.
In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British u differently. And I think people who learn English as a cond language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.
语篇解读：作者通过生活中的一些例子告诉我们英式英语和美式英语中一些词在使用上的差异。
1．When Lily ud the word “larder”， she was probably looking for a ________.
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A．cup B．ladder
C．cupboard D．cooker
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.”可知，莉莉在寻找一个“橱柜”。
2．What does the underlined phra “jotted down” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Wrote down. B．Left behind.
C．Looked for. Dhoc．Settled down.外套英语
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的“in her diary”如何教育好孩子 以及“while I marked my calendar”可知，莉莉把日期和时间记在了日记本上。人的肢体语言write down“记下，写下”。
3．Last week, Lily regretted nding her boys to watch a tennis game mainly becau ________.
A．she thought the game was boring
B．she wanted to spend time with her boys
C．she didn't dress her boys in thick clothes
D．her boys got lost
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“an early morning tennis game”和“I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like tho.”可推断，莉莉后悔送她的孩子们去看网球比赛是因为她没给孩子们穿厚一点的衣服。
4．According to the passage, in British English ________.
A．the word “pisd” means “angry”
B．the word “jacket” is often ud
C．the word “engaged” means “tired”
D．the word “你好啊英文rubber” means “erar”
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“she quickly asked for an erar, which, in England, is often called a rubber”可知，选D。
B
British English and American English are almost the same. But there are slight differences between British and American English in vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling and grammar.
The first difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. Almost all of the words ud in British English and American English are exactly the same. Only a very small number of words are ud disparately. For example, Americans would say “apartment”， but the British would say “flat” to talk about the place where they live. In addition to some common words, many idiomatic(惯用的) expressions are different. In England people might say 广州新东方英语招聘“I'll ring you up tonight”，wiping but in the US, people might say “I'll call you up tonight”．
The cond difference between British and American English is in pronunciation. The main difference in pronunciation concerns the vowels (元音). Some American dialects and some British dialects u vowels in different ways. Sometimes, Americans and the British don't understand each other's pronunciation. But most of the time, the British and Americans do understand each other's pronunciation becau most of the sounds of the two dialects are the same.
