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

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