Mrs. Blances’ husband went off on a business trip to America. He planned to leave New York for Washington. He wanted to catch the 4:00p.m.plane to Washington. It was seven o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Blanches received a telephone call from her husband. He told her that he was still at the New York airport. Mrs. Blanches was so surprised and asked him what happened.

“What happened, honey?” asked Mrs. Blanches.

“Well,” said Mr. Blanches.

“I really don’t know what happened, honey. Everything was going fine. At half past three, I got my air ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runaway(飞机跑道) to the airport and on my way I saw one of my old friends. Have you remembered him? His name is Jack Smith. Now Jack Smith is an engineer who works at the airport. I was excited that I shouted to him. I came up and wanted to shake hands with Jack. But a policeman ran to me quickly and caught me.”

“Why did he caught you?”

“I don't know,” said Mr. Blanches. All I said was“Hi,Jack!”

“Yeah, that is why they wouldn’t let you go,” said Mrs. Blanches. “They thought you were going to do harm t the whole plane. Only terrorists want to take control of a plane, and that is called’Hijack’!”

41. What was Mrs. Blanches’ husband’s destination(目的地)?

A. Washington, America.          B. South America.

C. New York.                   D. The New York Airport.

42. Where was Mr. Blanches when he called his wife?

A. He was on the airport to Washington.

B. He was still at the New York Airport.

C. He was in Washington.

D. He was on the railway station.

43. Who was Jack Smith?

A. Mr. Blanches new customer.      B. Mr. Blanches’ old customer.

C. Mr. Blanches’ brother.           D. Mr. Blanches’ classmate.

44.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese？

A.形的 B.逮捕 C.劫机D. 别动

45.Why did the policeman catch Mrs.Blanches’husband?

A. Because they thought he was going to do harm to the plane.

B. Because they wanted to get his help in catching terrorists.

C. Because they knew that he was a terrorist.

D. Because Mrs.Blanches asked them to do so.

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 (惊呼).“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.When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

2.The old man thought _____.

3..At last, the old man _____.

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.

A
Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.
The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”
“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”
“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”
【小题1】This story happened in _______.