第一节：完形填空 It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage." However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase. ( ) 1. A. chance B. opinion C. viewpoint D. experience ( ) 2. A. run B. set C. controlled D. found ( ) 3. A. with B. for C. as D. like ( ) 4. A. sense B. practice C. phenomenon D. use ( ) 5. A. even B. ever C. hardly D. never ( ) 6. A. wrong B. adequate C. true D. real ( ) 7. A. helping with B. doing with C. dealing with D. comparing with ( ) 8. A. shown B. put C. faced D. exposed ( ) 9. A. similar B. alike C. different D. opposite ( ) 10. A. did B. should C. might D. would |