On the evening of his arrival in New York, Jimmy wanted to make a call to Mother. He found a telephone booth nearby and put some coins into a box in it, dialed 734 － 8681. At first the line was busy and then his call was put through. Jimmy was very glad to say “Hello” to his mother. Just then came a sweet lady's voice behind him.

　　“Are you through?”

　　“Yes. ”Jimmy turned and said.

　　With a polite “Excuse me”, the lady took up the receiver and dialed. Jimmy had to wait outside until she put down the telephone.

　　After a while, Jimmy dialed again and heard Mother' s voice from far.

　　“What's wrong with you? Why did you ring off just now?”

　　“I myself don't know why…”Jimmy didn't finished calling, and suddenly a young man ran over and asked anxiously (焦急地) .

　　“Are you through?”

　　“Yes.”

　　With saying “OK”, the man quickly set the receiver to his ear and dialed. Jimmy did not know what to do. Just imagine (想象) how worried Mother was in London!

1．Where did Jimmy come from?

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A．He came from the United States.

B．He came from England.

C．He came from New York.

D．We don' t know from the passage.

2．A“telephone-booth” is a place where ________.

[　　]

3．By saying “Are you through?”, the lady meant “ ________?”

[　　]

A．Have you finished calling

B．Can you go through the telephone-booth

C．Have you finished your work

D．Are your call put through

4．From this passage we can see that ________.

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A．the two Americans were not polite.

B．sometimes the same sentence can have different meanings in different countries

C．American English and British English are very different

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On the evening of his arrival in New York，Jimmy wanted to make a call to Mother．He found a telephone booth nearby and put some coins into a box in it，dialed 734-8681．At first the line was busy and then his call was put through．Jimmy was very glad to say “Hello” to his mother．Just then came a sweet lady's voice behind him．

“Are you through?”

“Yes．” Jimmy turned and said．

With a polite “Excuse me”，the lady took up the receiver and dialed．Jimmy had to wait outside until she put down the telephone．

After a while，Jimmy dialed again and heard Mother's voice from far．

“What's wrong with you? Why did you ring off just now?”

“I myself don't know why…” Jimmy didn't finish calling and suddenly a young man ran over and asked anxiously（焦急地）．

“Are you through?”

“Yes．”

With saying “OK”，the man quickly set the receiver to his ear and dialed．Jimmy did not know what to do．Just imagine（想象）how worried Mother was in London!

1．Where did Jimmy come from?

2．Who did Jimmy call?

3．What is a “telephone-booth”?

A “telephone-booth” is a place where___________________________．

4．What did the lady mean by saying “Are you through?’’

The lady meant “___________________________?”

5．How many times was Jimmy stopped while he was making a phone call?

On the evening of his arrival in New York, Jimmy wanted to make a call to Mother. He found a telephone booth nearby and put some coins into a box in it, dialed 734—8681. At first the line was busy and then his call was put through. Jimmy was very glad to say “Hello” to his mother. Just then came a sweet lady’s voice behind him.

       “Are you through?”

       “Yes.” Jimmy turned and said.

       With a polite “Excuse me”, the lady took up the receiver and dialed. Jimmy had to wait outside until she put down the telephone.

       After a while, Jimmy dialed again and heard Mother’s voice from far.

       “What’s wrong with you? Why did you ring off just now?”

       “I myself don’t know why…” Jimmy didn’t finish calling and suddenly a young man ran over and asked anxiously（焦急地）.

       “Are you through?”

       “Yes.”

       With saying “OK”, the man quickly set the receiver to his ear and dialed. Jimmy did not know what to do. Just imagine（想象）how worried Mother was in London!

1. Where did Jimmy come from?

____________________________________________________

2. Who did Jimmy call?

____________________________________________________

3. What is a “telephone-booth”?

A “telephone-booth” is a place where _________?

4. What did the lady mean by saying “Are you through?” 

The lady meant “                    ?”

5. How many times was Jimmy stopped while he was making a phone call?

__________________________________________________

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 _____.