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  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

1.C

2 A            

3.B 细节理解题^从箫二段可知作者在机场想给朋友打电话。

4.D  

5.B 代词指代题。因为作者和Danny是英国人,所以他们所说的they是指美国'人。


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