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【題目】When I was sixteen 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 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 French. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problem.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American 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?"

"Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. " I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her Five arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?"

"Oh，" he said，"There is a phone downstairs. "

When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.

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

【1】 Where was the writer from? He was from __________.

A. America B. France

C. England D. another country

【2】 The writer thought __________ in America.

A. he wouldn't have any language difficulties

B. he would not understand the Americans

C. the Americans might not understand him

D. he would have difficulty at the airport

【3】 The writer wanted to __________.

A. buy a ring for his friend

B. make a call to his friend

C. go to the telephone company

D. see his friend off

【4】 From the passage we can see that " give somebody a ring"__________

A. means the same in America as in England

B. means " call somebody" to the old man

C. has two different meanings

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

【5】 In the last paragraph the word" they" refers to __________.

A. the old man and the boy

B. the Americans

C. the British

D. the French

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】[語(yǔ)篇解讀]本文通過(guò)作者在美國(guó)的一次經(jīng)歷，介紹了英式英語(yǔ)和美式英語(yǔ)的差異。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段 Like most English children, I. . . 可知作者是英國(guó)人。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句可推斷出作者認(rèn)為他在美國(guó)應(yīng)該不會(huì)有語(yǔ)言問(wèn)題。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?”可知作者想給朋友打個(gè)電話。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) There are lots of words which American use differently in meaning from British. 可知同一個(gè)詞在英式英語(yǔ)和美式英語(yǔ)中有不同的含義。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段I made my first visit to the United States. 可知they指的是美國(guó)人。