When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t t

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been__36__. Like most English children I learned French __37_ school and I had often been to France, so I _38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_39. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_40__ a nice easy holiday without any __41__ problems.

_42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s__46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting47_? But aren’t you a bit _48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we _51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__53__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _54__funny things they say. Most of the__55__British and American people understand each other!”

试题答案

【小题1】D

【小题2】C

【小题3】B

【小题4】A

【小题5】B

【小题6】C

【小题7】D

【小题8】C

【小题9】B

【小题10】B

【小题11】C

【小题12】D

【小题13】D

【小题14】B

【小题15】A

【小题16】A

【小题17】C

【小题18】C

【小题19】D

【小题20】D

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