Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at (1) . When I made my

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at __(1)___. When I made my first visit __(2)___ the United States, I was __(3)___ I could have a nice easy holiday without any __(4)___ problem. But how __(5)___ I was!

At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to __(6)___ my friend Danny I had __(7)___. A worker asked if he could __(8)___ me.“Yes,”I said,“I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?”he asked.“No,”I answered.“I just want to tell her __(9)___ the phone I'have arrived.”“Oh,”he said“There is a __(10)___ downstairs on the first floor.”“But we're on the first floor now,”I said.“Well, I don't know what you are __(11)___ about. Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your __(12)___,”he said.“You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.”And he went __(13)___, __(14)___ me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a __(15)___ to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?

At last we did __(16)___. She __(17)___ the misunderstanding（误会）: Americans say“to give someone a __(18)___,”but we English say“to give someone a ring.”When we say“to wash your hands”, they say“to wash __(19)___”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor, so the __(20)___ floor is the second for Americans.

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答案：B;A;D;C;B;B;D;A;D;C;B;C;A;D;D;D;C;C;B;B