第三部分阅读 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满

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第三部分阅读 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。

No matter how well you understand a foreign language, misunderstanding still exists between native speakers and you. Here is such an example.

Three young Frenchmen were traveling in Britain. Though they had taken a few English lessons before their holiday, they were often in trouble because of their misunderstanding of English. One day they talked about their misfortunes(不幸) together.

The first Frenchman said, “I once heard someone shout ‘Look out’, I put my head out of a window and a bucketful(一桶) of water fell on me.”

The second Frenchman said, “I was once in a ship and heard the captain shouted, ‘All hands on decks(甲板).’ I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

The third Frenchman said, “I once called early on an English friend and the maid(女佣) who came to the door said, ‘He’s not up yet.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘ He’s not down yet’. I said, ‘ If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?’ She said, ‘He’s still upstairs now. When I told you he was not up I meant he had not got up yet, so he has not come downstairs by now.’”

31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Misunderstanding of English      B. Three Young Frenchmen

C. Misfortunes of Three Frenchmen   D. A Few English Lessons

32. When someone is calling “look out” to you, he probably wants you to ___________.

A. put your head out of the window  B. receive a bucket of water    

C. be careful                      D. go away

33. The sentence “All hands on decks” may mean _______________.

A. you should put your hands on the desk   B. everyone should get ready

C. someone walks over one’s hands      D. someone is making fun of a foreigner

34. The third Frenchman made a mistake _____________.

A .in visiting a friend at an improper time     B. in recognizing the maid

C. in recognizing his friend                D. in telling from “up” and “down”

35. This article is written to tell us  _____________.

A. that English is difficult to learn.

B. why we are misunderstood by others

C. however well we know a foreign language, we may still have some misunderstanding of it.

D. to learn English better