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　　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, '1 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

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．A;5．D;
解析：

(1)

細節(jié)理解題。從At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend知道答案。他是坐飛機去的美國。

(2)

細節(jié)理解題。從I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday可知答案。

(3)

推理判斷題。從"Well, that's nice．Are you getting married?"我們知道美國人以為英國人是要給他朋友買禮物——戒指，準備結婚。

(4)

細節(jié)理解題。從At home we wash up after a meal知道答案。

(5)

推理判斷題。從文章最后一段最后一句Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans．我們可以推斷出英國的三樓就是美國的四樓。


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