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

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              Asking the way in different places
    I travel a lot, and I find out different"styles"of giving directions(方向）every time I ask "How can I get to the post office?"
In Japan, people use landmarks(地面标志性建筑物）in their directions_1   most streets don't have names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers,"Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop."
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places.Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and _2.In Kansas,for example,people will say,"Go north two miles(英里）. Turn east,and then go another mile."
People in Los Angeles,California, have 3  idea of distance. They measure(测量）distance in time, not miles."How far away is the post office?" you ask."Oh,"they answer,"it's about five minutes from here."
It's true that a person doesn't know the answer sometimes.What _4  in such a situation? A New Yorker might say,"Sorry I don't know." But in Yucatan,Mexico,no one answers"I don't know" People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a _5 one. A tourist can get very,very lost in Yucatan!

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 Where would you like to go during your holiday(假期)? Many people like to go to Japan (日本)This month about 10,000 Chinese go on trips to Japan. Why do Chinese like going on trips to Japan? Because the trips to the country are cheaper. Japan's many scenic spots lie near. (日本大部分风景区很集中) They can go to a lot of scenic spots in a short time. And some Chinese like Japanese food. They say, "Japanese food is more delicious than Western food." Some people say, there are many Chinese Words in Japanese. It is easier on trips 'to Japan."

( ) 7. All Chinese like to go to Japan because they don’t need much money to go there.

( ) 8. Japanese say Japanese food is more delicious than Western food.

( ) 9. It is easier for some Chinese to travel（旅行）in Japan because there are many Chinese words in Japanese.