Question

【題目】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!”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

【1】Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?

A. This was the first time for the writer to go abroad.

B. The writer could speak French and English.

C. He thought he would have some difficulties in understanding the Americans.

D. The writer had been to the U.S.A. many times.

【2】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

【3】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

【4】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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹作者在機(jī)場找電話亭時(shí)，由于語言不通，遇見的麻煩。

【1】B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A.This was the first time for the writer to go abroad.這是作家第一次出國,第一自然段第一句說的是第一次去美國，故A不正確；B. The writer could speak French and English.作家會說法語和英語，根據(jù)短文第一自然段的描述B是正確的；C. He thought he would have some difficulties in understanding the Americans.他認(rèn)為他在理解美國人方面有困難，根據(jù)第一自然段的描述C不正確；D. The writer had been to the U.S.A. many times.作者去美國好多次啦。根據(jù)短文第一自然段第一句話的描述，D是錯誤的。

【2】C. .細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A.buy a ring for his friend為他的朋友買一個戒指；B. ask the way to his friend’s問去朋友家的路；C. telephone his friend給他的朋友打電話；D. call a taxi打的。根據(jù)短文第二自然段I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. 的描述，答案故選C。

【3】C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. the writer wanted to find a phone box這個作家想找一個電話亭；B. the writer was old enough to get married這個作家有足夠的結(jié)婚的年齡啦；C. the writer didn’t know the way作家不知道路；D. the writer wanted to find his girlfriend這個作家想找到他的女朋友。根據(jù)文中”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?“的描述，答案選C。

【4】A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. understood what the writer wanted to do理解作家想干什么；B.couldn’t understand the writer不理解這個作家；C. bought a ring for the writer給這個作家買個戒指；D. took the writer to the phone box by himself親自把作家送到電話亭。根據(jù)文中描述老人說“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”可知答案選A。