When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been
__36__. Like most English children I learned French
__37_ school and I had often been to France, so I
_38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_
39. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_
40__ a nice easy holiday without any _
_41__ problems.
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42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__
43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked_
_45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s_
_46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting
47_? But aren’t you a bit _
48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __
49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _
50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we _
51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_
52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__5
3__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _
54__funny things they say. Most of the_
_55__British and American people understand each other!”
小题1: | A.out | B.away | C.outside | D.abroad |
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小题2: | A.from | B.during | C.at | D.after |
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小题3: | A.get used to | B.was used to | C.used to | D.used |
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小题4: | A.English | B.French | C.Russian | D.Latin |
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小题5: | A.buying | B.having | C.giving | D.receiving |
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小题6: | A.time | B.human | C.language | D.money |
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小题8: | A.cheap | B.popular | C.public | D.good |
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小题9: | A.letter | B.ring | C.news | D.information |
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小题12: | A.to marry | B.to be married | C.marrying | D.married |
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小题13: | A.small | B.little | C.old | D.young |
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小题14: | A.very | B.just | C.just now | D.so |
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小题15: | A.where | B.which | C.over where | D.that |
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小题17: | A.trouble | B.difficulties | C.things | D.fun |
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小题18: | A.write | B.speak | C.use | D.read |
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小题19: | A.every | B.each | C.any | D.all the |
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小题20: | A.chance | B.situation | C.condition | D.time |
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