Question

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!

At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked.

“No,” I replied, “I just want to tell him I have arrived.”

“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs on the first floor.”

“But we’re on the first floor now,” I said.

“Well, I don’t know what you are talking about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your journey,” he said. “Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?

At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say “to give someone a call”, but we English say “to give somebody a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash up”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.

1.The writer went to America by __________.

A. plane B. ship C. bus D. train

2.The writer went to America for __________.

A. education B. business

C. holiday D. friendship

3.The American thought “a ring” should be a __________.

A. phone call B. present

C. person D. letter

4. Englishmen usually wash up __________.

A. after dinner B. after a journey

C. when they are tired D. before they telephone someone

5. The third floor in England is the __________ floor in America.

A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作者以為自己到了美國會沒有什么語言障礙，但是剛到機場就不明白美國人在說什么。

1.At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived.中描述到達機場，可知作者是乘坐的飛機，故選A.

2.想去美國度假，故選C。

3.短文中美國人問“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?”你結(jié)婚了嗎？可知在美國ring是一種東西的意思，對比選項，故選B。

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5.

考點：故事類短文閱讀。