Question

When I was 16 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 learnt 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 English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (驚呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”

1.Where was the writer from? _____.

A．America B．France

C．England D．China

2. When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

A．buy a ring for his friend

B．make a call to his friend

C. ask the way to his friend’s

D．go to the telephone company

3.From the passage we can see that “give somebody a ring ”___

A. has two different meanings

B. means “call somebody” for the old man

C. means “be going to get married ”in England

D. has the same meaning in American as in England

4.Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?

A. The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.

B. There are some differences between American and British English.

C. British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.

D. British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一個英國孩子到美國時遇見的語言障礙問題，在美國和英國同一個單詞會有不同的含義。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第三句Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France中“像很多英國孩子一樣”可知我是一個英國孩子。故C正確。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二句I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived.可知我想給朋友打一各電話告訴他我到了。故B正確。

3.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (驚呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”和“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”可知give sb a ring可以表示與結(jié)婚有關(guān)的意思，另外就是本身表示的打電話的含義。故A正確。

4. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”可知美國和英國的人大部分情況下是可以相互理解的。故C正確。

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