Question

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, “I 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.

1.The writer went to America by __________.

A. plane B. ship C. bus D. train

2.The writer went to America for __________.

A. education B. business

C. holiday D. friendship

3.The American thought “a ring” should be a __________.

A. phone call B. present

C. person D. letter

4. Englishmen usually wash up __________.

A. after dinner B. after a journey

C. when they are tired D. before they telephone someone

5. The third floor in England is the __________ floor in America.

A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者以为自己到了美国会没有什么语言障碍，但是刚到机场就不明白美国人在说什么。

1.At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived.中描述到达机场，可知作者是乘坐的飞机，故选A.

2.想去美国度假，故选C。

3.短文中美国人问“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?”你结婚了吗？可知在美国ring是一种东西的意思，对比选项，故选B。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。