There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.

When my friend Lily from London used the word "larder", I didn't know what it meant. Realizing I didn't follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.

The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.

Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.

Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store（食品杂货店）recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.

In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.

【小题1】When Lily used the word "larder", she was probably looking for a ________.

A．cup	B．ladder
C．cupboard	D．cooker

【小题2】What does the underlined phrase "jotted down" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Wrote down.	B．Left behind.
C．Looked for.	D．Settled down.

【小题3】According to the passage, Lily regretted sending her boys to watch a tennis game mainly because ________. .

A．the game was boring

B．she wanted to spend time with her boys

C．she didn't dress her boys in thick clothes

D．her boys got lost

【小题4】What is the passage mainly about？

A．The British way of using words.

B．Some new words the writer's British friends taught her.

C．The reasons why Americans can't follow the British at times.

D．Some words used differently in British English and American English.