When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn’t the first time I had been    36 . Like most English children I learned French   37 school and I had often been to France, so I     38 speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand 39 . But   40　I went to America, I was really looking forward to__41_ a nice easy holiday without any  42　problems.
__43__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began   44  the airport. I was looking for a 45__telephone to give my friend Danny a 46 and tell her I had arrived. A   47 old man saw me looking lost and asked   48 __ he could help me.
“Yes.” I said，“I was to give my friend a ring. ”“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting   49  ? But aren’t you a bit young?”“  50  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   51  there’s a phone box?”“Oh!” he said, “there’s phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,”she said to me, “I had so many   52 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans   53  differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to   54 funny things they say. Most of the   55 , British and American people understand each other!”

短文改错（满分10分）

Dear Ralph,

                                   　　　Xiao Wei

—Can you tell me how to learn English well??

—Do more speaking, I think, _______ you’ll be good at spoken English.?

A. or B. then　?

C. and D. until?

25．—Can you tell me the timetable of the school bus?

—Well，the bus________here for the first trip at 6：30am．　　　　

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn’t the first time I had been     36  . Like most English children I learned French   37  school and I had often been to France, so I     38  speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand 39  . But   40　I went to America, I was really looking forward to__41_ a nice easy holiday without any  42　problems.

__43__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began   44   the airport. I was looking for a 45__telephone to give my friend Danny a 46  and tell her I had arrived. A   47  old man saw me looking lost and asked   48 __ he could help me.

“Yes.” I said，“I was to give my friend a ring. ”“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting   49  ? But aren’t you a bit young?”“  50  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   51   there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said, “there’s phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,”she said to me, “I had so many   52  at first. There are lots of words which the Americans   53   differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to   54  funny things they say. Most of the   55  , British and American people understand each other!”

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

2.A．from               B．during           C．at               D．after

3.A．get used to        B．was used to      C．used to          D．used

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

5.A．when           B．while                C．if               D．for

6.A．buying         B．having           C．giving           D．receiving

7.A．time               B．human            C．language         D．money

8.A．Too                B．What a           C．What             D．How

9.A．with               B．to               C．over             D．at

10.A．cheap         B．popular          C．public           D．good

11.A．letter            B．ring             C．news             D．information

12.A．friendly          B．strange          C．stupid           D．tough

13.A．that              B．if               C．where            D．when

14.A．to marry          B．to be married        C．marrying         D．married

15.A．You               B．She              C．Who              D．He

16.A．where         B．in which         C．over there       D．that

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

18.A．write             B．speak            C．use             D．read

19.A．every         B．these            C．some             D．all the

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