Question

 When I was 16 years old,I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been 1 Like most English children I learned French at 2 and I had often been to France, so I was 3 speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand 4 . But when I went to America I was 5 looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without a 6 problem.

  How 7I was！The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a 8 telephone to give my American friend Danny a 9 and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked 10 he could help me. "Yes”，I said, "I want to give my friend a ring.”"Well,that's 11，" he exclaimed. "Are you getting to marry? But aren't you a bit 12？" "Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I 13 want to call my friend up to tell her Fve 14 Can you tell me where there's a phone 15 ？”"Oh!" he said, "there's a phone downstairs."

When at last we did meet up,Danny explained the 16 to me. "Don't worry," she said to me. "I had so many 17 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use 18 in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to 19 funny they say. Most of the 20 British and American people understand each other！”

(   ) 1. A. out    B. away    C. outside    D. abroad

(   ) 2. A. work    B. home      C. school    D. church

(   ) 3. A. fit for   B. used to    C. fond of    D. good at

(   ) 4. A. English   B. French    C. Russian    D. Latin

(   ) 5. A. anxiously   B. really    C. quietly    D. hardly

(   ) 6. A. time    B. safety      C. language    D. money

(   ) 7. A. sorry    B. foolish    C. unlucky    D. wrong

(   ) 8. A. cheap    B. modern     C. public    D. private

(   ) 9. A. surprise    B. call      C. chat    D. notice

(   ) 10. A. how        B. if       C. where    D. when

(   ) 11. A. necessary    B. sure     C. nice    D. ring

(   ) 12. A. short    B. little      C. old    D. young

(   ) 13. A. suddenly    B. just      C. strongly    D. barely

(   ) 14. A. succeeded    B. returned    C. arrived    D. called

(   ) 15. A. box        B. call       C. book     D. shop

(   ) 16. A. misunderstandings    B. difficulties   C. mistakes  D. experiences

(   ) 17. A. trouble    B. difficulties    C. things    D. fun

(   ) 18. A. strangely    B. terribly    C. differently    D. wrongly

(   ) 19. A. anything    B. something    C. nothing    D. everything

(   ) 20. A. chance    B. situation     C. condition    D. time

Answer 1

1-5   DCBAB   6-10 CDCBB

11-15  CDBCA   16 -20 ABCDD

在英国长大的作者16岁时去同样是讲英语的美国，在美国机场他想找个电话亭与他朋友通话，但在与一个当地人交流时，他却因为两国在表达上的差异差点被误解了。

1. D 从短文首句"I made my first visit to the United States"得知："我"是到国外去，因此选abroad,意思是"到国外"。

2.    C 根据上文"Like most English children"的描述可知"我"应该是在上学的时候学过法语。

3.    B因为上学时学过法语，又加上"我"经常到法国去，因此"我"巳经"习惯"与人们说外语了。 A、C、D项分别表示"适合"、"喜欢"和"擅长"之义，与上文语境不太吻合。

4.    A因为"我"懂法语，因此"我"能够与那些不懂"英语"的人讲话。

5.    B前面谈到作者经常讲法语来与不懂英语的人交际，说明外国人到一个陌生的国度会遇到语言障碍。因此，作者希望自己在美国能有一个"没有语言障碍的、轻松愉快的假期"。

6.    C见第5题解析。

7.    D从下文作者描述的经历可知，作者的想法是"错误的"。

8.    C因为这时"我"在机场，因此"我"想找一个"公用"电话。

9.    B 根据and后的描述可知，作者想给朋友"打个电话"。

10.    B他问"我"他"是否"能帮助"我"。if引导宾语从句，意思是"是否"。

11.    C 因为作者说"I want to give my friend a ring"，老人以为"我"要结婚，因此他说"很好"来表示祝贺。

12.    D文章开头交代了作者到美国的年龄为16岁，所以当老人误解作者是要结婚时，认为作者的年龄太"小"了。

13.    B作者是在解释他所表达的意思。而just 表示"只不过"之意。

14.    C 从上文"tell her that I had arrived"的描述可知。

15.    A根据上文作者想打电话的描述和随后的"there's a phone downstairs"可知,作者在问电话亭的位置。

16.    A从第二段第二句和作者朋友后来的解释可以推断出作者在机场交流的不顺是由"误会"造成的。

17.    B联系上下文，Danny在这里说她也遇到过一些"麻烦"。

18.    C上文中所出现的情况是语言使用习惯"不同"造成的。因此Danny说美国人在使用某些单词时意思与英国人不同。

19.    D 从下句"Most of the time British and American people understand each other ！"可以看出，Danny说"我"不久就会习惯"所有"有趣的现象。

20. D大多数"时间"，美国人和英国人能彼此理解。