Asisknowntous，thereisalittledifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.CanyouunderstandthedifferentkindsofEnglishthesepeopleareusing?A--Let’sgotothepictures!B--Ok.Buthowshallwegotothemovies?A--Whynotgobyunderground?B--Er,butthesubwaystationisfaraway.SowecantellAisfrom______;Bisfrom____3．Matchthewordsthathavethesamemeaning.1petroleraser2flatgas3colorapartment4liftelevator5rubberhonour6honorcolour7picturessubway8undergroundmoviesFastreading1.Readthetextquicklyandthenfindoutthemainideaofthetext.Thetextmainlytellsusthe__oftheEnglishlanguage.AdevelopmentBhistoryCorigin（起源）2．Readthetextquicklyandthenmatchthemainideaofeachpart.1.EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.2.ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworld3.Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesameEnglish4.Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.Readingforunderstanding1．WheredidmostoftheEnglishspeakersliveattheendofthe16thcentury?A．America.B．England.C．SouthAsia.D．SouthAfrica.答案：B2．WhendidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?A．Inthe17thcentury.B．Attheendofthe16thcentury.C．BetweenaboutAD450and1150.D．Inthe19thcentury.答案：A3．Accordingtothetext，whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A．Languagesalwaysstaythesame.B．Languageschangeonlyafterwars.C．Languagesnolongerchange.DLanguageschangewhencultureschange.答案：D4．FromParagraph3wecanlearnthatfromAD450to1150，Englishsoundedmorelike________.A．GermanB．ChineseC．FrenchD．Russian答案：A5．WhydoesIndiahaveaverylargenumberoffluentEnglishspeakers?A．BecauseIndianslikelearningEnglishverymuch.B．BecauseIndiahasthelargestnumberofEnglishlearners.C．BecauseBritainruledIndiafrom1765to1947.D．BecauseIndiahasacloserelationshipwithBritain.答案：C3．Readfordetailsandthentellwhetherthestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).(1)Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.()(2)EnglishdevelopedwhennewsettlersandrulerscametoBritain.()(3)Languagesfrequentlychange.()(4)Thelanguageofthegovern