54. The problem of deciding at what point a baby's imitations can be considered as speech________.

A. is important because words have different meanings for different people

B. is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually

C. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age

D. is one that should be completely ignored(忽略)because children's use of words is often meaningless

55. The speaker implies________.

A. parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds

B. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak

C. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly

D. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitating

C

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders (想知道): Can I communicate 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.

56.   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

57.   American English and British English are different in ________ A. spelling   B. pronunciation   C. grammar        D. all of the above

58.   What is not mentioned (提及) 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.

59  Most ________ say "Do you have a watch?"

A. British people        B. Americans         C. children        D. teachers

60. According to this passage, British people and Americans have _________ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little             B. much             C. some              D. great

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