Question

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!

    At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."

"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.

    "Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?

    At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.

1.The writer went to America by ______.

A. plane             B. ship               C. bus                 D. train

2.The writer went to America for______  .

A. education       B. business         C. holiday           D. friendship

3.The American thought "a ring" should be a________ .

A. phone call       B. present         C. person                 D. letter

4.Englishmen usually wash up________    .

    A. after dinner         B. after a journey

    C. when they are tired  D. before they telephone someone

5.The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.

    A. first              B. second        C. third                 D. Fourth

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】文章大意： 一个英国人去美国度假，由于文化和语言方面的差异，在机场竟然听不懂给他提供帮助的美国人所说的话。

1.细节理解题。从At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend知道答案。他是坐飞机去的美国。

2.细节理解题。 从I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday可知答案。

3.推理判断题。从"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?"我们知道美国人以为英国人是要给他朋友买礼物----戒指，准备结婚。

4.细节理解题。从At home we wash up after a meal知道答案。

5.推理判断题。从文章最后一段最后一句Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.

我们可以推断出英国的三楼就是美国的四楼。