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 learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had 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. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
小题1:When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.
A.buy a ring for his friend B.ask the way to his friend’s
C.telephone his friendD.call a taxi
小题2:The old man thought _____.
A.the writer wanted to find a phone box
B.the writer was old enough to get married
C.the writer didn’t know the way
D.the writer wanted to find his girlfriend
小题3:.At last, the old man _____.
A.understood what the writer wanted to do
B.couldn’t understand the writer
C.bought a ring for the writer
D.took the writer to the phone box by himself
小题4:Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?
A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.
B.There are some differences between American and British English.
C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.
D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future.     Nobody knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams  1 . One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago. John Chapman dreamt that he    stood on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed  2  , so the next day he decided to leave for London.  3    was 100 miles(英里) from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he  4   London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t   5    in John Chapman. No one talked tohim. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home.And before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him. “I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you   6  someone?” “Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much
money.” “Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams.  7   I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had   8  in his garden, near an old apple tree.” John Chapman felt   9  by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he   10  some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.
小题1:
A.come outB.come upC.come trueD.come to
小题2:
A.dreamB.futureC.moneyD.apple
小题3:
A.ThisB.ItC.ThatD.Its
小题4:
A.reachedB.arrivedC.gotD.went
小题5:
A.interesB.interestsC.interestingD.interested
小题6:
A.waiting forB.asking forC.waitting forD.looking after
小题7:
A.WhenB.WhereC.IfD.How
小题8:
A.moneyB.appleC.treeD.gold
小题9:
A.angryB.surprisedC.interestedD.sad
小题10:
A.borrowedB.gaveC.broughtD.got

When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause (引起)people to die.
In Sweden(瑞典), King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
小题1:Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.
A.the eighteenth centuryB.the eighteen century
C.eighteenth centuriesD.eighteen centuries
小题2:What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.
A.有趣的B.苦涩无味的C.有害的D.可口的
小题3: The brother who had drunk tea every day lived______.
A.until he was over 83
B.until he was 83
C.until the other had been dead for several years
D.until he had drunk tea for a few years
小题4:. Today the Swedish drink_________.
A.much more coffee than teaB.much tea and coffee
C.little tea and coffeeD.much tea but little coffee
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