专题06：阅读填表【考题猜想】-2023-2024学年八年级英语上学期期中考点大串讲（牛津译林版）

专题06 阅读填表 Passage1 根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。 There is an old saying that America and Britain are “two nations divided by a common language.” Are American and British English really so different? Vocabulary The biggest difference（差异）between American and British English is vocabulary. In their everyday lives, there are many different words. For example, Americans eat cookies, while British people eat biscuits. Collective Nouns（集合名词） There are some grammatical differences, such as the use of collective nouns. Americans would say, “The team is good”. But British people might say, “The team are good” or “The team is good.” Auxiliary Verbs（助动词） Another grammatical difference is about auxiliary verbs. Look at the auxiliary verb shall. British people sometimes use shall to express the future. For example, “I shall go home now.” Americans seldom use it in their conversations. They would use “I will go home now.” Past Tense Verbs Americans like to use the-ed ending, while British people like to use the-t ending. For example, in American English, the past tense of learn is learned. But in British English, it is learnt. Tag Questions What is a tag question? Here are two examples, “The weather is fine, isn’t it?” Or, “You don’t like him, do you?” Americans use tag questions less often than British people. Spelling We can find differences in the American spelling of words like humor (from humour). Americans give up the letter u to make the spelling match the pronunciation. British and American English have more similarities than differences. Most Americans and British people can understand each other without too much difficulty. American and British English Six 1 Vocabulary American and British people use a lot of different words in their 2 lives, such as cookies and biscuits. Collective Nouns Americans would say “The team is good”, 3 British people might say “The team are good” or “The team is good.” Auxiliary Verbs British people some