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微阶段刷题过关卷(三)
(时间:65分钟 分值:70分)
Unit 2 Starting out, Understanding ideas & Using language
第Ⅰ卷(满分32.5分)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解(共8小题;每小题2.5分,满分20分)
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When saying or writing out numbers, the British put an and before the tens and units (个位数), as in one hundred and sixtytwo or two thousand and three. In the United States it is considered correct to drop the and, as in one hundred sixtytwo or two thousand three.
In counting, it is common in both varieties of English to count in hundreds up to 1,900 — so 1,200 may be twelve hundred. However, Americans use this pattern for much higher numbers than is the norm in British English, referring to twentyfour hundred where British English would most often use two thousand four hundred.
In the case of years, however, twelve thirtyfour would be the norm on both sides of the Atlantic for the year 1234. The year 2000 and years beyond it are read as two thousand, two thousand (and) one, two thousand (and) two, etc. by both British and American speakers. For years after 2009, twenty ten, twenty twelve etc. are becoming common.
For the house number (or bus number, etc.) 272, British people tend to say two seven two while Americans tend to say two seventytwo.
When referring to (提及) the numeral (数字) 0, British people would normally use nought, oh, or zero, although nil is common in sports scores. Americans use the term zero most frequently; oh is also often used. When a phone or account number is being read aloud, 0 is nearly always pronounced oh in both language varieties for convenience.
When reading numbers in order, such as a telephone number or serial number (序列号), British people will usually use the term double followed by the repeated number. Thus 007 is double oh seven. Exceptions include the emergency telephone number 999, which is always nine nine nine. In the US, 911 (the US emergency telephone number) is usually read nine one one, while 9/11 (in reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks) is usually read nine eleven.
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