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, '1 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.
【小题1】The writer went to America by  ______.

A.planeB.shipC.busD.train
【小题2】The writer went to America for______   .
A.education B.businessC.holidayD.friendship
【小题3】The American thought "a ring" should be a________  .
A.phone call B.presentC.personD.letter
【小题4】Englishmen usually wash up________ .
A.after dinner B.after a journey
C.when they are tiredD.before they telephone someone
【小题5】The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.
A.firstB.second C.thirdD.Fourth

I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of   46  litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up.
I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there   47  three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was   48  much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to   49  happy when I went again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes   50  I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.
From then on, I  51  to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I often stay there for three hours. It makes me feel   52  to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look through all the litter that I’ve collected. If   53  of it is recyclable(可回收利用的), I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep on picking it up   54  they stop dropping it.. I know I am only doing a small bit   55  the earth, but I still think it is important.
【小题1】A.seeing           B.throwing          C.dropping         
【小题2】A.after            B.for               C.in
【小题3】A.such         B.very              C.so                   
【小题4】A.make         B.feel              C.look             
【小题5】A.after            B.later             C.before               
【小题6】A.had gone     B.have gone         C.go               
【小题7】A.tired            B.sad               C.great
【小题8】A.many         B.few               C.any      
【小题9】A.until            B.after             C.as soon as           
【小题10】A.helped          B.to help               C.help             


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 friendD.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.

I can’t remember the date when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of seeing litter near my home and realized that nobody else was going to pick it up.

I live close to a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there within three minutes! I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest.

I made my first trip to clean the forest one afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes later, my bag was full of cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers.

Since that first trip three years ago, I’ve been to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel great to do something for the environment.

After each trip, I look at all the litter I’ve found. If any of it is recyclable(可回收的),I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop dropping it.

I know I can only do a small bit to help the earth, but I still think it is important.

1.When did the writer begin to collect litter?

A.  When he was very young.

B.  After his home moved to a new place.

C.  When he got tired of seeing litter near his home.

2.Where does the writer live?

A.  He lives in a forest.

B.  He lives in a place with much litter.

C.  He lives near a forest.

3.The writer collects litter________.

A.  in order to make the place clean

B.  in order to make fun

C.  in order to make money

4.Where does the writer collect litter?

       A. In the forest      B. In the street         C.  In the park.

5.From the passage we infer(推断) __________

       A.the writer always collects a lot of litter

       B .the environment will be more beautiful if everyone tries to protect it.

       C. the writer will go on collecting litter.

 

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