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 learned French at school and I had often been to France,so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn't un?derstand English. But when I went to America I was real?ly looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

  How wrong 1 was!The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my friend Danny a call and tell him that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.

  "Yes”, I said. "I want to give my friend a ring.”

  "Well,that's nice," he said. "Are you getting married? But aren't you a bit young?"

  "Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I only want to give my friend a ring to tell him I've arrived. Can you tell me where's a phone box?"

  "Oh!" he said,"There's a phone downstairs.”

  When at last we met, Danny explained the misun?derstanding to me.

  "Don't worry," he said to me. *' I have so 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. Most of the time British and American people under?stand each other!"

1.Where was the writer from?

   A.He was from America.

   B.He was from France.

   C.He was from the UK.

   D.He was from China.

2.The writer thought in America.

   A.he wouldn't have any language difficulties

   B.he would not understand the Americans

   C.the Americans might not understand him

   D.he would have difficulties at the airport

3.The writer wanted ________. 

    A. to buy a ring for his friend

   B.to make a call to his friend

   C.to go to the telephone company

   D.his friend to see him off

4. From the passage we can see that "give somebody a ring" .

   A.means the same in American English as in British English

   B.means "call somebody" to the old man

   C.means "be going to get married"

   D.has two different meanings in American English and in British English

5. In the last paragraph,the word " they" refers to________

   A.the old man and the boy

   B.the Americans

   C.the British

   D.the French

  A friend and I had arranged to spend a whole Sunday taking a long walk in the country. We set off on an early train,each carrying a 1     bag filled with sandwiches,cakes,fruit and bottles of lemonade. I 2      how two people would be able to finish it all.

Soon we had left 3      the smoky air of the city and had reached the country station where our 4      was to begin. We were 5      ,because the sun was shining and there was a gentle breeze to make it just right for walking. We decided to go on a walk called the Four Mile Square:It has four 6     sides,each about four miles in length and on a map looks like a rough square. It is 7      because each side passes through a different kind of country. We 8      in high spirits along the first side,which 9      a river,planning to have a swim and our first meal before we left it. Before long,we came to a gate near which there was a 10      , " Beware of the Bull". We were very 11      Our path ran through this field, and,as it was a public foot?path,the farmer had no 12      to put a dangerous animal in it. "Oh,but it's all right," my friend said. "This bull is tied up. Come on.”

I followed, because I could see for myself a strong rope 13      to the ring in its nose at one end and round a large tree at the other. We felt very bold and walked nearer, 14      a red handkerchief just to show that we weren't afraid.

The bull began to walk towards us―and did not stop. "He 15      to have a long rope,”I said,walking more quickly. The bull too was walking more quickly. Then,at the same mo?ment,we both saw that the rope was broken, and without 16      we began to run.

We were halfway across the field but it didn't take us long to reach the gate again. We jumped over,very much out of 17      ,and looked back to see the bull quietly 18      a bag of food. "That was a clever 19      of mine,wasn't it?" said my friend:"I dropped the food on purpose to 20      away the bull's attention.”

"No," I cried. It was not clever!I dropped mine―accidentally. 

(   ) 1.A. small   B. light   C. heavy   D. huge

(   ) 2.A. wondered   B. knew   C. doubted   D. thought

(   ) 3.A. over   B. away   C. out   D. behind

(   ) 4.A. destination   B. walk   C. adventure   D. race

(   ) 5.A. depressed   B. thirsty   C. lucky   D. tired

(   ) 6.A. equal   B. pretty   C. short   D. strange

(   ) 7.A. quiet   B. convenient   C. remote   D. famous

(   ) 8.A. started off   B. took up-   C. ran off   D. turned up

(   ) 9.A. connected   B. followed   C. surrounded   D. reflected

(   ) 10.A. guide   B. report   C. sentence   D. notice

(   ) 11.A. scared   B. excited   C. worried   D. ashamed

(   ) 12.A. chance   B. right   C. space   D. duty

(   ) 13.A. tied   B. applied   C. contacted   D. added

(   ) 14.A. waving   B. wearing   C. folding   D. throwing

(   ) 15.A. fails   B. needs   C. seems   D. happens

(   ) 16.A. difficulty   B. hesitation   C. permission   D. trouble

(   ) 17.A. question   B. danger   C. sight   D. breath

(   ) 18.A. weighing   B. examining   C. considering   D. inspecting

(   ) 19.A. trap   B. game   C. trick   D. plan

(   ) 20.A. pay   B. give   C. take   D. draw

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