Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at 36. When I made my first visit 37 the Unites States, I was 38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any 39 problem. But how 40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to 41 my friend Jenny I had 41 . A worker asked if he could 43 me. “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.” “Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “I just want to tell her 44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a 45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are 46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your 47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went 48 , 49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a 50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did 51. She 52 the misunderstanding(误会): American say “to give someone a 53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash 54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the 55 floor is the second for Americans.
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(答案→)B
解析：【小题1】B 名词辨析。At school在校。和大部分的英国孩子一样，都是在校学习英语
【小题2】A 固定词组。Pay a visit to 参观…
【小题3】D 词义辨析。A害怕；B担心；C想知道；D确信；我确信自己会有一个很好的假期，而且没有任何的语言问题。
【小题4】C名词辨析。A食物；B生活；C语言；D旅游；解析同上。
【小题5】B 上下文串联。我原以为我没有语言问题，但是实际上我遇见了语言的障碍。
【小题6】B 句意理解。我想打电话给朋友，告诉他我已经到了。Tell告诉。
【小题7】D 动词辨析。A得到；B工作；C讲；D到达。解析同上、
【小题8】A 动词辨析。A帮助；B和…一起；C举起；D驾驶；机场服务人员问是否可以帮助我。
【小题9】D 固定词组.on the phone在电话中。
【小题10】C 上下文串联。他告诉我在一楼有电话。
【小题11】B 固定词组。talk about谈论。我不知道我们在谈论什么。
【小题12】C 名词辨析。A电话；B到达；C旅行；D驾驶；句意：也许在旅行以后，你感觉不是很好。
【小题13】A 固定词组。Go off走开。他走开以后，让我呆在那里想我究竟在什么地方。
【小题14】D 动词辨析。Leave使…处于某种状态。解析同上。
【小题15】D 上下文串联。在家里我们吃饭以后才洗盘子碗，把他们洗干净。
【小题16】A 动词辨析。A见面；B争吵；C出去；D打电话。朋友和我终于见了面。
【小题17】C 动词辨析。A展示；B打电话；C解释；D原谅；他向我解释了这个误会。
【小题18】C 上下文串联，美国人说：to give someone a call.英国人说to give someone a ring.这两句话是一样的意思，不过是在两个不同的国家使用。
【小题19】B 固定词组.wash up就是指wash your hands.
【小题20】B 上下文串联。英国的一楼就是美国的二楼。