2016届安徽省高考英语一轮复习提能演练：综合二（人教版必修4～选修6）_高考复习指南

2016届安徽省高考英语一轮复习提能演练：综合二（人教版必修4～选修6）

　　58. Australia, unlike the United States,________ .

　　A. did not discover gold until the late 1840s

　　B. was the last and biggest continent to be discovered

　　C. was not rich in gold in its western part

　　D. won its independence by peaceful means

　　59. In the last paragraph, the underlined sentence means _______ .

　　A. the United States and Australia do not have any main difference

　　B. the United States and Australia have nothing in common with the rest of the world

　　C. the United States and Australia have much more in common than they have with other countries

　　D. in common with the rest of the world, the United States and Australia have a lot of differences

　　(B)

　　Standard English is the formal English that you need to use when you write in coursework or in the exam. Standard English is the form of English you learn in school. All written English should be standard — that means it should be clear enough for anyone in Britain to understand it. Standard English developed as the main form of printed English in the 15th Century. At the time, every region of Britain used to spell words differently, but printers needed a fixed spelling. Printers like Caxton chose the East Midlands dialect form which was used in London and the South East. Soon Standard English replaced all written dialect forms — the other forms of English spoken around the country. It also replaced French and Latin in law and in academic work. In the 18th Century, people wrote dictionaries and grammar books which standardized spelling — Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755 fixed many of the spellings we still use today. All written English should be Standard English — any grammar rules you learn are for Standard English and you will definitely need to learn them to avoid making mistakes in your work. The rules of Standard English mean using the correct forms of words with the correct spellings.