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in, Mary went up to her boss and politely asked him for advice. It so happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached an agreement. But to her disappointment, when she ed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she was not returning and she had decided to continue to study in the university for her PhD. What do you think of the two friends? If you were Mary, what would you do? If you were Joan, what should you do? What’s wrong with Joan? Think about it and give your answer. B An epitome of American culture The United States of America is an immigrant county with all kind of races from all over the world, such as Africans, Asians, Europeans and South Americans, with the Indians its natives. Because of it, the USA is a country with colorful but special culture, in which English is a good example. The British had ruled America for over 300 years so the English play an important role in USA and bees its only official language. If someone asks who do say only one language, the answer must be Americans. But the language differs from area to area in USA, for most of Americans have strong accent but less dialect. You can recognize Americans and know he is southeastern (one speaks a bit slow but clearly)or northeastern (one speaks quickly) by their accents. You also can tell them from Englishmen by the words and phrases which they use. Take the followings as an example, if you hear an Englishspeaking person says “would you like to my flat for diner tonight?”, but not says: “would you like to my department…?” he may be an English but not American. In the modern time the USA play a most important part in the international affairs and many people regard American English as the standard English. Believe it or not, many people retell what the Americans say and try to learn a mouthful of American accent! American English is an epitome of American culture which shows The USA is tolerant, easygoing, but manding! Unit two English around the world 單項(xiàng)選擇 1—26 BBCBB BBBCB CBBCC DCDAA BBDBA 完形填空 26— 30 CBDAC 31— 35 DACAD 36— 40 ACDAB 41— 45 ACDCB 閱讀理解 46—50CAABD 51- 55 BDBCD 錯(cuò)誤 !未找到引用源。est la vie (that is life) are all part of the English language. On the other hand, the French language includes English words like le weekend and le camping. German words are also part of English. Words like kindergarten e from the German language. Recently, British people have bee interested in yoga. But the word es from an ancient Hindu language in India. 46. The English language has a history of ______. A. over 2021 years B. over 500 years C. over 1500 years D. over 1000 years 47. The underlined expression “thanks to ” can be replaced by ______. A. because of B. thankful to C. not until D. as if. 48. Which of the following statements is true about the language of English ? A. It has been changing all the time. B. It has borrowed words from all the other languages. C. French words are used by the English because dictionaries have French words. D. Singers and film stars have the greatest influence on language. 49. How many people in the world are using English now? A. One billion people B. 340 million C. almost all the people in the world. D. not mentioned above,