When I lived in Spain，some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Be?fore they left，they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation(住所).I suggested that they should stay at " bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my ad?vice,but they came back with some funny stories.

  "We didn't stay at ' bed and breakfast' houses," they said, "because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

  I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought " VACANCIES" meant "holidays" , because the Spanish word for "holidays" is "vacaciones". So they did not go to house where the sign outside said " VACAN?CIES"，which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said " NO VACANCIES" ，because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels！

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Span?ish,the word "DIVERSION" means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road,and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word "DIVERSION" on a road sign,they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

  English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris,when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French. I meant that I would like some more，however，to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away！Later I found out that "Thank you" in French means "No,thank you." 

(   ) 5. What is the passage mainly about?

A.     Some funny stories caused by the languages.

B.     Someone's experience in England.

C.     The strange behavior of English people.

D.     English and Spanish.

(   ) 6. I suggested that they stay at "bed and breakfast" houses because_____________________ •

A.     they would be able to practise their English

B.     it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

C.     it would be convenient for them to have dinner

D.     there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

(   ) 7. If you see a road sign that says "DIVERSION" in England, you will      

A.     end in a large hold

B.     have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

C.     find that the road is closed forever

D.     have to take a different road

(   ) 8. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I .

A.     hadn't finished drinking my coffee

B.     was expecting another cup of coffee

C.     meant that I didn't want any more

D.     was never misunderstood

5-8 AADB

B篇講述了作者的朋友因?yàn)檎Z言不通，在國外旅行時(shí)所鬧出的種種笑話。

5. A主旨大意題本篇講述的是作者的朋友在國外旅行時(shí)，因語言不通鬧出的笑話。所以應(yīng)該選A。

6. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題從第一段的"because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family" 可知"我"推薦的理由。

7. D詞義猜測題從文中"In English,it means that workmen are repairing the road，and that you must take a different road."可知，既然此路在維修中，那么就要再選一條路了。

8. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題作者真正的語義是需要再來一杯咖啡，可是在法語中卻指不需要了。

題目來源：丟分題每周一練高中英語高一上 > Unit 5 Nelson Mandela―a modern hero

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