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 of English children,I learned 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 friend Danny a call and tell her 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 a bit young?"

  "I am not talking about marriage!" I replied, "I only 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 met,Danny explained the misunderstandings to me.

  "Don't worry," she said to me, "I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You will soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other."

(   ) 5. Where was the writer from?

   A. America. B. France. C. England. D. China.

(   ) 6. The writer wanted         .

   A. to buy a ring for his friend

   B. to make a call to his friend

   C. to go to the telephone company

   D. his friend to see him off

(   ) 7. From the passage we can see that "give somebody a ring"         .

   A. has the same meaning in America as in England

   B. means "call somebody" for the old man

   C. has two different meanings

   D. means "be going to get married" in England

(   ) 8. In the last paragraph,the underlined word "they" refers to         .

   A. the old man and the boy   B. the Americans

   C. the British   D. the French

Answer 1

5-8 CBCB

B篇：英美文化本是同根，但由于彼此遠(yuǎn)隔千山萬(wàn)水，受歷史地理等因素的影響，英美人有時(shí)在交際中也會(huì)出現(xiàn)小小的障礙。

5. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一段的第二、三句："It wasn't the first time I had been abroad. Like most of English children,I learned French at school."可知作者是英國(guó)人。

6. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段"I was looking for a public telephone to give my friend Danny a call and tell her that I had arrived."可知作者是想給朋友打個(gè)電話。

7. C判斷推理題。見(jiàn)文章對(duì)話部分可知"give sb. aring"有兩種含義：(英) 打電話；(美) 訂婚。

8. B詞義猜測(cè)題。這里指代上句敘述的"美國(guó)人"。