2021北京英语中考听说答案

1、英语里较常见的字母是“e”。

2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".

2、英语里较常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t”。

3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".

3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。

4. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.

4、“bookkeeper”这个单词（还有与之相关的“bookkeeping”）是先进一个不带连字符、有三对连续重复字母的单词。还有一个类似的单词是“sweet-toothed”，但它需要用连字符连接以确保能读出来。

5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".

5、有个词叫“triskaidekaphobia”，意思是“对数字13的极度恐惧”。这种迷信也和“paraskevidekatriaphobia”这个词有关，意思是“害怕13号正好是礼拜五的那天”。

6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.

6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多。

7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).

7、介词后面永远要跟一个名词（或专有名词、代词、名词词组、动名词）。

8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.

8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里较长的无重复字母的常见单词。

9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".

9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram”。

10. The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.

10、下面这个句子就包含所有26个字母“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”（敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了懒狗），这个句子也常被用来诊断打字机或键盘。