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

在英國長大的作者16歲時(shí)去同樣是講英語的美國，在美國機(jī)場他想找個(gè)電話亭與他朋友通話，但在與一個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)厝私涣鲿r(shí)，他卻因?yàn)閮蓢�在表達(dá)上的差異差點(diǎn)被誤解了。

1. D 從短文首句"I made my first visit to the United States"得知："我"是到國外去，因此選abroad,意思是"到國外"。

2.    C 根據(jù)上文"Like most English children"的描述可知"我"應(yīng)該是在上學(xué)的時(shí)候?qū)W過法語。

3.    B因?yàn)樯蠈W(xué)時(shí)學(xué)過法語，又加上"我"經(jīng)常到法國去，因此"我"巳經(jīng)"習(xí)慣"與人們說外語了。 A、C、D項(xiàng)分別表示"適合"、"喜歡"和"擅長"之義，與上文語境不太吻合。

4.    A因?yàn)?我"懂法語，因此"我"能夠與那些不懂"英語"的人講話。

5.    B前面談到作者經(jīng)常講法語來與不懂英語的人交際，說明外國人到一個(gè)陌生的國度會(huì)遇到語言障礙。因此，作者希望自己在美國能有一個(gè)"沒有語言障礙的、輕松愉快的假期"。

6.    C見第5題解析。

7.    D從下文作者描述的經(jīng)歷可知，作者的想法是"錯(cuò)誤的"。

8.    C因?yàn)檫@時(shí)"我"在機(jī)場，因此"我"想找一個(gè)"公用"電話。

9.    B 根據(jù)and后的描述可知，作者想給朋友"打個(gè)電話"。

10.    B他問"我"他"是否"能幫助"我"。if引導(dǎo)賓語從句，意思是"是否"。

11.    C 因?yàn)樽髡哒f"I want to give my friend a ring"，老人以為"我"要結(jié)婚，因此他說"很好"來表示祝賀。

12.    D文章開頭交代了作者到美國的年齡為16歲，所以當(dāng)老人誤解作者是要結(jié)婚時(shí)，認(rèn)為作者的年齡太"小"了。

13.    B作者是在解釋他所表達(dá)的意思。而just 表示"只不過"之意。

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

15.    A根據(jù)上文作者想打電話的描述和隨后的"there's a phone downstairs"可知,作者在問電話亭的位置。

16.    A從第二段第二句和作者朋友后來的解釋可以推斷出作者在機(jī)場交流的不順是由"誤會(huì)"造成的。

17.    B聯(lián)系上下文，Danny在這里說她也遇到過一些"麻煩"。

18.    C上文中所出現(xiàn)的情況是語言使用習(xí)慣"不同"造成的。因此Danny說美國人在使用某些單詞時(shí)意思與英國人不同。

19.    D 從下句"Most of the time British and American people understand each other ！"可以看出，Danny說"我"不久就會(huì)習(xí)慣"所有"有趣的現(xiàn)象。

20. D大多數(shù)"時(shí)間"，美國人和英國人能彼此理解。