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 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 (驚呼).“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!”
小題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 friend	D．call a taxi

小題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

小題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

小題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.

Answer 1

小題:C
小題:C
小題:A
小題:C

試題分析：
小題1:根據I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend 可知他想打電話給朋友，故選C。
小題2:根據A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.這句話可知這位老人以為作者迷路了，故選C，不知道路。
小題3:.根據“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”可知這位老人最后知道了作者想打一個電話，故選A。
小題4:.根據But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”.描述可知選C。
點評：本文記述了作者——一個英國人在美國打電話時的小誤會。告訴我們英語在英國和美國有很多不同的用法，但是大部分時間，兩國人還是能聽懂彼此之間的語言。本題比較簡單，每個問題都能在文中找到適當根據，不過有些需要自己進行適當的分析推理，如：56小題。