When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. 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
40 I went to America, I was really looking forward to__
41_ a nice easy holiday without any
42 problems.
__43__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began
44 the airport. I was looking for a
45__telephone to give my friend Danny a
46 and tell her I had arrived. A
47 old man saw me looking lost and asked
48 __ he could help me.
“Yes.” I said，“I was to give my friend a ring. ”“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting
49 ? But aren’t you a bit young?”“
50 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
51 there’s a phone box?”“Oh!” he said, “there’s phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,”she said to me, “I had so many
52 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans
53 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6: | | A．buying | B．having | C．giving | D．receiving |
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| 小题7: | | A．time | B．human | C．language | D．money |
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| 小题10: | | A．cheap | B．popular | C．public | D．good |
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| 小题11: | | A．letter | B．ring | C．news | D．information |
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| 小题12: | | A．friendly | B．strange | C．stupid | D．tough |
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| 小题14: | | A．to marry | B．to be married | C．marrying | D．married |
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| 小题16: | | A．where | B．in which | C．over there | 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．these | C．some | D．all the |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．situation | C．condition | D．time |
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