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WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishand
AmericanEnglish?
Howimportantarethesedifferences?
Certainly,therearesomedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Thereareafew
differencesingrammar.Forexample,speakersofBritishEnglishsay"
inhospital"
and"
Haveyouapen?
"
Americanssay"
inthehospital"
Doyouhave
apen?
Pronunciationissometimesdifferent.
Americansusuallysoundthe'
r'
sinwordslike"
bird"
hurt"
.SpeakersofBritishEnglishdonotsoundthe'
sinthesewords.TherearedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishinspellingand
vocabulary.Forexample,"
colour"
honour"
areBritishEnglish.“Color”and"
honor"
areAmerican
English.Thesedifferencesingrammar,pronunciation,spellingandvocabularyarenotimportant,however,forthemostpart,BritishandAmericanEnglisharethesamelanguage.
1.Accordingtothispassage,astudentwhoislearningtospeakAmericanEnglishmightbeafraid
that_____.
A.Britishpeoplecan'
tunderstandhimB.Americanpeoplecan'
tunderstandhim
C.thegrammaristoohardforhimD.thespellingistoohardforhim
2.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharedifferentin_____.
A.spelling
B.pronunciationC.grammar
D.alloftheabove
3.Whatisnotmentionedinthepassage?
A.WhethertherearedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.
B.WhetherBritishandAmericanEnglishareonelanguageortwo
C.HowthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishcameabout
D.Howimportantthedifferencesare
4.Most_____say“Doyouhaveawatch”.
A.Britishpeople
B.Americans
C.children
D.teachers
5.Accordingtothepassage,BritishpeopleandAmericanshave_____difficultyinunderstanding
each
other.
A.little
B.much
C.some
D.great
PassageTwo
Happinessis
contagious,researchersreportedonThursday.
Peoplewiththemostsocialconnections—spouses,friends,neighborsandrelatives—werealsothehappiest,thedatashowed.“Eachadditionalhappypersonmakesyouhappier,”Christakissaid.
“ImaginethatIamconnectedtoyouandyouareconnectedtoothersandothersareconnectedtostillothers.Itisthisfabricofhumanity,likeanAmericanpatchquilt.”
Eachpersonsitsonadifferentcoloredpatch.“Imaginethatthesepatchesarehappyandunhappypatches.Yourhappinessdependsonwhatisgoingoninthepatcharoundyou,”Christakissaid.
“Itisnotjusthappypeopleconnectingwithhappypeople,whichtheydo.Aboveandbeyond,thereisthiscontagiousprocessgoingon.”
Andhappinessismorecontagiousthanunhappiness,theydiscovered.
“Ifasocialcontactishappy,itincreasesthelikelihoodthatyouarehappyby15percent,”Fowlersaid.“Afriendofafriend,orthefriendofaspouseorasibling(兄弟姐妹),iftheyarehappy,increasesyourchancesby10percent,”headded.
Ahappythirddegreefriend—thefriendofafriendofafriend—increasesaperson’schancesofbeinghappyby6percent.
“Buteveryextraunhappyfriendincreasesthelikelihoodthatyou’llbeunhappyby7percent”Fowlersaid.
Thefindingisinterestinganditisuseful,too,Fowlersaid.
“Amongotherbenefits,happinesshasbeenshowntohaveanimportanteffectonreducedmortality(死亡率),painreduction,andimprovedcardiac(心脏的)function.Sobetterunderstandingofhowhappinessspreadscanhelpuslearnhowtopromoteahealthiersociety,”hesaid.
Thestudyalsofitsinwithotherdatasuggestedin1984thathaving$5,000extraincreasedaperson’schancesofbecominghappierbyabout2percent.
“Ahappyfriendisworthabout$20,000,”Christakissaid.
6.Accordingtotheresearch,yourhappiness________.
A.hasnothingtodowithyourworkmatesorschoolmates
B.hassomethingtodowithanyonewhohasacloserelationshipwithyou
C.dependsonthosewhoareinfavourofyouorareagainstyou
D.haslittletodowithwhatsocialconnectionsyouhave
7.Theunderlinedword“contagious”inthefirstparagraphmeans________.
A.infectiousB.beautifulC.effectiveD.prior
8.Itcanbeinferredthat________.
A.happinessspreadsasfastandwidelyasunhappiness
B.unhappinessspreadsfasterandmorewidelythanhappiness
C.happinessspreadsfasterandmorewidelythanunhappiness
D.thespreadofunhappinesshasnotbeenstudiedbyresearchers
9.Whichofthefollowingwillincreaseyourchancesofbecominghappiermost?
A.Beinginapartywithahappyatmosphere.
B.Ahappyexperienceofyourbrotheroryourparents.
C.Ahappyt