When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. 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 when I went to America I was really looking forward to_
40__ a nice easy holiday without any _
_41__ problems.
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42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__
43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked_
_45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s_
_46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting
47_? But aren’t you a bit _
48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __
49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _
50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we _
51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_
52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__5
3__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5: | | A．buying | B．having | C．giving | D．receiving |
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| 小题6: | | A．time | B．human | C．language | D．money |
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| 小题8: | | A．cheap | B．popular | C．public | D．good |
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| 小题9: | | A．letter | B．ring | C．news | D．information |
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| 小题12: | | A．to marry | B．to be married | C．marrying | D．married |
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| 小题13: | | A．small | B．little | C．old | D．young |
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| 小题14: | | A．very | B．just | C．just now | D．so |
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| 小题15: | | A．where | B．which | C．over where | 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．each | C．any | D．all the |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．situation | C．condition | D．time |
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