Question

【題目】No matter how well you understand a foreign language, misunderstanding still exists between native speakers and you. Here is such an example.

Three young Frenchmen were travelling in Britain. Though they had taken a few English lessons before their holiday, they were often in trouble because of their misunderstanding of English. One day they talked about their misfortunes (不幸) together.

The first Frenchman said, “I once heard someone shout ‘Look out’, I put my head out of a window and a bucket (一桶) of water fell on me.”

The second Frenchman said, “I was once in a ship and heard the captain shouted, ‘All hands on decks (甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

The third Frenchman said, “I once called early on an English friend and the maid (女傭) who came to the door said, ‘He’s not up yet’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet’. I said, ‘If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?’ She said, ‘He’s still upstairs now. When I told you he was not up I meant he had not got up yet, so he has not come downstairs by now’ ”

【1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Misunderstanding of English

B. Three Young Frenchmen

C. Misfortunes of Three Frenchmen

D. A Few English Lessons

【2】When someone is calling “l(fā)ook out” to you，he probably wants you to ______.

A. put your head out of the window B. go away

C. receive a bucket of wate D. be careful

【3】The sentence “All hands on decks” may mean ______.

A. you should put your hands on the deck

B. everyone should get ready

C. someone walks over one’s hands

D. someone is making fun of a foreigner

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說明文。通過舉例子的說明方法闡述有關(guān)使用英語時造成的一些誤解，即無論我們對一門外語掌握得有多好，我們和以該外語為母語的人之間存在的誤解總是無法避免的。

【1】A主旨大意題。文章的第一句即為中心句No matter how well you understand a foreign language, misunderstanding still exists between native speakers and you.無論我們對一門外語掌握得有多好，我們和以該外語為母語的人之間存在的誤解總是無法避免的。故選A。

【2】D詞義猜測題。第三段介紹第一個法國人聽到“l(fā)ook out”，誤以為是“往外看”，結(jié)果一桶水掉到他頭上。故可推斷l(xiāng)ook out意為“擔心，小心”，與be careful同義。故選D。

【3】B句意猜測題。第四段介紹第二個法國人聽到“All hands on decks”時以為船長叫大家把手放在甲板上，結(jié)果他的手被別人踩過，根據(jù)上下文可推斷這是船長提醒大家做好準備。故選B。