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1、第一模块测评(时间:100分钟 满分:120分)第Ⅰ卷第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AWhentheseventeenth-centurysettlersbroughttheEnglishlanguagetoAmerica,theyimmediatelyandnecessarilybegantoadapt(使适应)ittotheirnewenvironment.Thesechangeswereclearearlyandcriticizedbysomepeople
2、onbothsidesoftheAtlantic.However,aftertheRevolution,AmericansbegantobeproudoftheirownformofEnglish.NoahWebsterwasthemajorearlysupporterofAmericanmeaningsandspellingsoverBritishonesandpublishedtheearliestAmericandictionary,AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.DuringtheyearssinceWebster,langu
3、agedifferenceshavecontinuedtodevelop,proving(证明)thetruthofGeorgeBernardShaw’soften-repeatedwordsthatthetwonationsaredividedbyacommonlanguage.LiketheAmericanlanguage,theearliestAmericanliterature(文学)copiedEnglishmodels.However,aftertheRevolutionandtheWarof1812,writersbegantocreateaclearAmericanl
4、iterature.However,in1820,SydneySmithaskedthefamousquestion“WhoreadsanAmericanbook?”Answeringtothisandsimilartaunts(讽刺)withcreativeanger,AmericanwriterssoonproducedworksthatplentyofBritishpeopleread.WorksbyWashingtonIrving,WaltWhitman,andMarkTwainhadbeenacclaimedgreatlyinBritainbytheendofthenine
5、teenthcentury.EvenasAmericanwritersgotrespectinBritain,BritishwriterscontinuedtohavegreatinfluenceinAmerica.CharlesDickenswenttoAmericatwice,in1842and1867—1868.OthermajorBritishwriterswhotraveledandlivedintheUnitedStatesincludeD.H.LawrenceandAldousHuxley.Britishbestworkscontinuetobewidelyread.T
6、heworksofWilliamShakespeareandJaneAustenbecamepopularfilms.Attheturnofthetwenty-firstcentury,manybooksandwriterscontinuetocrosstheAtlanticinbothdirections—madepossiblebytheproudheritage(继承)ofthesharedlanguage.1.Theauthorofthispassageseemstothink . A.BritishEnglishisbetterthanAmericanEnglishB.
7、AmericanEnglishisbetterthanBritishEnglishC.thesamelanguagehasdividedthetwonationsD.thesamelanguagehasconnectedthetwonations答案：D2.FromthequestionaskedbySydneySmith,wecaninferthat . A.theBritishhadtotranslateAmericanbooksintoEngli
