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解析:
文章大意： 一個(gè)英國(guó)人去美國(guó)度假，由于文化和語(yǔ)言方面的差異，在機(jī)場(chǎng)竟然聽(tīng)不懂給他提供幫助的美國(guó)人所說(shuō)的話。
【小題1】細(xì)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(jī)去的美國(guó)。
【小題1】細(xì)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(guó)人以為英國(guó)人是要給他朋友買(mǎi)禮物----戒指，準(zhǔn)備結(jié)婚。
【小題1】細(xì)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(guó)的三樓就是美國(guó)的四樓。
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