Question

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)

When I was sixteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned 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 French. I believed that I wouldn’t have any problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there.

How I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could me.

“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married ? But aren’t you a bit too ?”

“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 the phone box is?”

“Oh! I see. ” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”

When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me.

“Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say . Most of the time British and American people understand each other!

1.A. moneyB. timeC. sleepD. language

2.A. excitedB. wrongC. poorD. successful

3.A. know B. helpC. selectD. teach

4.A. strictB. luckyC. youngD. ordinary

5.A. how muchB. whoseC. whereD. how heavy

6.A. at presentB. at onceC. at the same timeD. at last

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了十六岁英国男孩第一次去美国旅行，去见他在美国已经呆两年的朋友，由于美国英语与英国英语有着不同之处，所以他在机场开始误解了。最后他的朋友告诉他你很快就会习惯于所有有趣的事情，大部分美国人和英国人互相理解。

1.考查名词及语境的理解。根据前文Like most English children, I learned French at school.可知他是名英国人，因此相信去美国不会有任何语言问题。故选D。

2.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. excited兴奋的；B. wrong错误的；C. poor贫穷的；D. successful成功的，根据下文The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport.可知选择B。

3.考查动词及语境的理解。A. know 知道；了解；B. help帮助；C. select选择；D. teach教，根据前文可知选择B。

4.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. strict严肃的；B. lucky幸运的；C. young年轻的；D. ordinary普通的，根据前文Are you getting married ?可知选择C。

5.考查固定短语及语境的理解。A. how much多少；B. whose谁的；C. where哪儿；D. how heavy多重，根据前文I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived.可知你能告诉我电话项在哪儿吗？故选择C。

6.考查固定短语及语境的理解。A. at present目前；B. at once立刻；C. at the same time同时；D. at last最后，根据前文I had so many difficulties at first.可知应是最后，故选择D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。