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When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. 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 advice, 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 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 said “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES”, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to houses where the sign said “NO VACANCIES”, because they thought this meant 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 Spanish, 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 hole.
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”.
（1）The author's Spanish friends wanted advice about _______.
A.some funny English stories
B.finding places to stay in England
C.driving their car on English roads
D.going to England by car
（2）The author suggested that they stay at “bed and breakfast” because _______.
A.it would be convenient for them to have dinners and live
B.it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C.they would be able to practice their English in the house
D.there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
（3）“NO VACANCIES” in English means _______.
A.no free rooms
B.free rooms
C.not away on holiday
D.they don't live
（4）If you see road sign that says “Diversion” in England, you will _______.
A.take the road and you will be excited
B.have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C.find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D.have to take a different road

【答案】
（1）B
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【解析】本文是一篇說明文，通過幾個例子說明相同的單詞在不同的文化中表示不同的含義，以此提醒我們一定要注意文化上的差異。
（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation.”我的朋友們在離開英國之前，咨詢我一些關(guān)于在英國食宿的建議。本句中的名詞accommodation意為“食宿”，也就是住的地方。故B正確。
（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“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.”可知我建議他們住在“bed and breakfast”家里，意為他們可以和主人練習(xí)講英語。故C正確。
（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCIES’, which in English means there are free rooms.”可知VACANCIES表示有空閑的房間，那么NO VACANCIES表示相反的含義，也就是沒有空閑的房間。故A正確。
（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means ‘fun’. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road.”在西班牙語中“DIVERSION”意為“有趣”，而在英語中，“DIVERSION”意為“工人正在維修道路，要繞路了”。故D正確。

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