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.
小題1:The writer went to America by  ______.
A．planeB．shipC．busD．train
小題2:The writer went to America for______   .
A．education B．businessC．holidayD．friendship
小題3:The American thought "a ring" should be a________  .
A．phone call B．presentC．personD．letter
小題4:Englishmen usually wash up________ .
A．a(chǎn)fter dinner B．a(chǎn)fter a journey
C．when they are tiredD．before they telephone someone
小題5:The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.
A．firstB．second C．thirdD．Fourth

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:D
文章大意： 一個英國人去美國度假，由于文化和語言方面的差異，在機場竟然聽不懂給他提供幫助的美國人所說的話。
小題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。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。 從I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday可知答案。
小題1: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(jié)婚。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。從At home we wash up after a meal知道答案。
小題1: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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