Question

【题目】（改编）Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!

At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked.

“No,” I replied, “I just want to tell him I have arrived.”

“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs on the first floor.”

“But we’re on the first floor now,” I said.

“Well, I don’t know what you are talking about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your journey,” he said. “Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?

At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say “to give someone a call”, but we English say “to give somebody a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash up”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.

【1】The writer is from ____.

A. America B. Britain

C. China D. a country that doesn’t speak English

【2】The writer went to America for __________.

A. education B. business

C. holiday D. friendship

【3】The American thought “a ring” should be a __________.

A. phone call B. present C. person D. letter

【4】 Englishmen usually wash up __________.

A. after dinner

B. after a journey

C. when they are tired

D. before they telephone someone

【5】Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The writer thought his holiday would be easy

B.The writer thought American English is the same as Britain English before his journey.

C.The writer didn’t know English

D.In Britain ‘wash up’means ‘wash the dishes’

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者以为自己到了美国会没有什么语言障碍，但是刚到机场就不明白美国人在说什么。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school.像大部分英国孩子一样，我也在学校学习外语，可知作者是英国人，故选B

【2】细节理解题。根据When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem可知作者想去美国度假，故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据短文中美国人问“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?”你结婚了吗？可知在美国ring是一种东西的意思，对比选项，故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean.可知在国内我们在吃饭后把盘子碗洗干净，可知英国人在饭后洗碗，故选A。

【5】推理判断题。根据短文第一段可知作者起初认为他的旅行会是简单而愉快的，故A正确；根据短文第一段可知作者认为没有语言障碍，故B正确；根据第一段可知作者是英国人，故C错误，根据At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean.可知wash up在英国是洗餐具，故D正确，故选C。