When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car．Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation(住所)．I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family．My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories．
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,”they said,“because we found that most families were away on holiday．”
I thought this was strange．Finally I understood what had happened．My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays’ is ‘vacaciones’．So they did not go to house where the sign outside said
‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms．Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday．But they found that these houses were all full．As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs．In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun．In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road．When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun．Instead, the road ended in a large hold．
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages．Once in Paris．when someone offered me some more．coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French．I meant that I would like some more, However, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away!Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘Mo, thank you．’
(1)
My Spanish friends wanted advice about ________．
[ ]
A．
learning English
B．
finding places to stay in England
C．
driving their car on English roads
D．
going to England by car
(2)
I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ________．
[ ]
A．
they would be able to practise their English
B．
it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C．
it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D．
there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
(3)
“NO VACANCIES”in English means ________．
[ ]
A．
no free rooms
B．
free rooms
C．
not away on holiday
D．
holidays
(4)
If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ________．
[ ]
A．
fall into a hole
B．
have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C．
find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D．
have to take a different road
(5)
When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ________．
[ ]
A．
didn’t really want any more coffee
B．
wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C．
really wanted some more coffee
D．
wanted to express my politeness
(6)
I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ________．
I ran into a stranger as he passed by．“I'm so sorry!” was my reply．Then he said, “Excuse me too…I wasn't 1 watching for you．” We were very polite, this stranger and I．Then we went 2 our way after saying goodbye．
But at 3 , a different story is told．How we treat our loved ones, young and old．Later in the kitchen, as I 4 our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still．When I turned, I 5 knocked her down．“Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown(皱眉)．She stepped away silently, with her little heart 6 ．I didn't realize how harshly(苛刻地)I had spoken．
That night, when I lay 7 in bed, God's quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 8 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite…Go look around on the kitchen floor, you'll find some flowers there by the 9 ．Those are the flowers she brought for you．She 10 them herself－pink, yellow, and your favorite blue．She stood there quietly, and you never saw the 11 in her eyes．”
By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears had begun to fall．I quietly went and knelt by her 12 ：“Wake up, my dear,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree．I 13 them in a napkin, just for you．I knew you'd like them, especially the 14 ．” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today…And I 15 have fussed at you that way．”
And she whispered, “Mommy, that's okay…I still love you 16 ．” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I LOVE the flowers．”
Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 17 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days．But the family you leave 18 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives．And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 19 than into our families－an unwise investment(投资)indeed．
Remember that 20 ＝(F)ATHER－(A)ND－(M)OTHER－(I)－(L)OVE－(Y)OU．
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