When I was fourteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad (Like many English children, I had often been to France). So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,” he said, “Are you getting married? But aren’t you too young?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied, “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell him I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?”
“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs.”
When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.
“Don’t worry,” he said to me, “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other.”
小題1:The writer was from________.
A．JapanB．FranceC．AmericaD．England
小題2:The writer thought ________ in America at first.
A．he wouldn’t have any language difficulties
B．he would be lost and he had to call the police for help
C．he wouldn’t understand the Americans
D．he would have a terrible holiday
小題3:The writer wanted to ________ at the airport.
A．have a mealB．buy a mapC．call his friendD．find an old man
小題4:According to the friendly old man, “give somebody a ring” means “________”.
A．make a telephone call to somebody
B．be going to get married
C．buy a ring for somebody
D．a(chǎn)sk somebody to wear a ring
小題5:The underlined word “they” refers to ________.
A．the old man and the boyB．the British
C．the FrenchD．the Americans

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
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試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作者做為一個英國人，認為去美國旅行不會遇到語言方面的問題�？墒莿傁嘛w機，在飛機場就遇到了由于英美語言使用不同的語言方面的問題。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段Like many English children, I had often been to France描述，像許多英國孩子一樣，我已經(jīng)去過法國。故選D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.描述。所以當我去美國時，我認為我會有一個輕松而愉快的假期，不會有任何語言問題。故選A。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived描述我正在找公共電話以告訴我的朋友丹尼我到了。由此可知他想打電話。故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)當作者說想給朋友打電話時老人的疑問Are you getting married?你將要結婚嗎？可知，故選B
小題5:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say.描述，有許多的單詞美國人和英國人在使用時意思是不同的，但是你將習慣于他們說的有趣的話。作者是英國人，故他們指的是上文提到的美國人。故選D。
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