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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