(    )65. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

A. The class roared with anger.

B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another teacher came in.

D. There was a loud noise outside the room.

(    )66. Why did the teacher from the next room laugh?

A. Because the whole class laugh.

B. Because he saw the writer fooled by the class.

C. Because he found a sock on the back of the writer’s skirt.

D. Because he saw some of the students making faces.

(    )67. What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed?

A. She did nothing but laugh.

B. She explained (解释)the matter in a clever way.

C. She did nothing.

D. She got angry with the class.

(D)

American and British people both speak English, of course, but sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British and American English.

First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say all the letters in each word especially the sounds like “t”and “d”. However, the British usually pronounce their consonants (辅音)more carefully.

Also, some letters have different sounds. For example, Americans say the “a”in “half”like the “a”in “cat”, but the British say the “a”in “half”like the “o”in “soft”. The “r”is sometimes said differently, too. When an American says “farmer”, you can usually hear the “r”. But you can’t hear the “r”in British English. The British say “fahmah”.

Sound is not the only difference. The two languages have different words for some things, for example, the words for clothing are different. Americans use the word“sweater”, but the British say“jumper”.

Many expressions(短语)are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone friends, you “ring them up”. In America, you “give them a call”.

There are also some differences in grammar.

These differences can be confusing (令人疑惑)if you are learning English. But there is a reason for the difference. Languages change over time. When the same language is used in different places, it changes differently in each place. This is what happened to English. It also happened to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French, but their French is different from the French spoken in France.