A
When I was sixteen 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 learned 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 misunderstandings began at the airport.I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a call and tell her that I had arrived.A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,” I said,“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well,that’s nice,” he said,“Are you getting married?But aren’t you a bit young?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied,“I only 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 met,Danny explained the misunderstandings to me.
“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had so many difficulties at first.There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British.You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say.Most of the time,British and American people understand each other!”
21.Where was the writer from?
A.He was from America. B.He was from France.
C.He was from England. D.He was from China.
答案:C
解析:细节理解题。根据首段中的“LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschool.”可知,作者是英国人。
22.The writer thought in America.
A.he would not have any language difficulties
B.he would not understand the Americans
C.the Americans might not understand him
D.he would have difficulties at the airport
答案:A
解析:细节理解题。根据首段末句中的“...Iwasreallylookingforwardtohavinganiceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblems.”可知,作者认为去美国不会遇到任何语言障碍。
23.The writer wanted to .
A.buy a ring for his friend
B.make a call to his friend
C.go to the telephone company
D.see a friend off
答案:B
解析:细节理解题。作者说“givemyfriendaring”意为“给朋友打电话”,而不是“给朋友一枚戒指”,结合后文提到的“totellherI’vearrived”可确定,作者想给丹妮打电话,告诉她,自己已经到了,因此B项为答案。
24.In the last paragraph the underlined word “they” refers to .
A.the old man and the boy B.the Americans
C.the British D.the French
答案:B
解析:代词指代题。根据末段中的“You’llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.”可知,由于作者是英国人,所以此处的they应指的是“美国人”。
