" in hospital " and " Have you a pen? ", Americans say " in the hospital " and " Do you have a pen? " Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like "bird" and "hurt". Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, " colour " and " honour " are British, " color " and " honor " are American.

　　These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.

7. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that ______.

　A. British people cannot understand him

　B. American people cannot understand him

　C. the grammar is too hard for him

　D. the spelling is too hard for him

8. Most _____ say "Do you have a watch?"

　A. British people　　B. Americans C. children D. teachers

9. What is NOT mentioned(提及) in the passage?

　A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English.

　B. Whether British English and American English are one language or two.

　C. How the differences between British English and American English came about(产生).

　D. How important the differences are.

10. American English and British English are different in _______.

　A. grammar　　　B. pronunciation C. spelling D. all of the above

11. According to this passage, British people and Americans have _____ difficulty in understanding each other.

　A. little B. much C. some D. great

　　D

It was a terribly rainy wet winter day. While I was walking from the library, a