Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at
36. When I made my first visit
37 the Unites States, I was
38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any
39 problem. But how
40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to
41 my friend Jenny I had
41 . A worker asked if he could
43 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
44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a
45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are
46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your
47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went
48 ,
49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a
50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did
51. She
52 the misunderstanding(误会): American say “to give someone a
53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash
54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the
55 floor is the second for Americans.
| 小题1: | | A．work | B．school | C．home | D．table |
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| 小题3: | | A．afraid | B．worried | C．wondering | D．sure |
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| 小题4: | | A．food | B．life | C．language | D．travel |
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| 小题5: | | A．late | B．wrong | C．right | D．early |
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| 小题7: | | A．got | B．worked | C．spoken | D．arrived |
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| 小题8: | | A．help | B．stay with | C．lift | D．drive |
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| 小题10: | | A．policeman | B．shop | C．phone | D．gate |
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| 小题11: | | A．listening | B．talking | C．saying | D．coming |
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| 小题12: | | A．phoning | B．arriving | C．journey | D．drive |
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| 小题13: | | A．off | B．back | C．inside | D．down |
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| 小题14: | | A．watching | B．learning | C．bringing | D．leaving |
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| 小题15: | | A．walk | B．sleep | C．rest | D．meal |
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| 小题16: | | A．meet | B．quarrel | C．get out | D．phone |
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| 小题17: | | A．showed | B．called | C．explained | D．pardoned |
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| 小题18: | | A．visit | B．present | C．call | D．meal |
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| 小题20: | | A．one | B．first | C．another | D．down |
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