Question

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
小题1:When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

A．buy a ring for his friend	B．ask the way to his friend’s
C．telephone his friend	D．call a taxi

小题2:The old man thought _____.

A．the writer wanted to find a phone box

B．the writer was old enough to get married

C．the writer didn’t know the way

D．the writer wanted to find his girlfriend

小题3:.At last, the old man _____.

A．understood what the writer wanted to do

B．couldn’t understand the writer

C．bought a ring for the writer

D．took the writer to the phone box by himself

小题4:Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?
A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.
B.There are some differences between American and British English.
C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.
D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

Answer 1

小题:C
小题:C
小题:A
小题:C

试题分析：
小题1:根据I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend 可知他想打电话给朋友，故选C。
小题2:根据A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.这句话可知这位老人以为作者迷路了，故选C，不知道路。
小题3:.根据“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”可知这位老人最后知道了作者想打一个电话，故选A。
小题4:.根据But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”.描述可知选C。
点评：本文记述了作者——一个英国人在美国打电话时的小误会。告诉我们英语在英国和美国有很多不同的用法，但是大部分时间，两国人还是能听懂彼此之间的语言。本题比较简单，每个问题都能在文中找到适当根据，不过有些需要自己进行适当的分析推理，如：56小题。