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．outB．awayC．outsideD．abroad【小题2】A．fromB．duringC．atD．after【小题3】A．get used toB．was used toC．used toD．used【小题4】A．EnglishB．FrenchC．RussianD．Latin【小题5】A．whenB．whileC．ifD．for【小题6】A．buyingB．havingC．givingD．receiving【小题7】A．timeB．humanC．languageD．money【小题8】A．TooB．What aC．WhatD．How【小题9】A．withB．toC．overD．at【小题10】A．cheapB．popularC．publicD．good【小题11】A．letterB．ringC．newsD．information【小题12】A．friendlyB．strangeC．stupidD．tough【小题13】A．thatB．ifC．whereD．when【小题14】A．to marryB．to be marriedC．marryingD．married【小题15】A．YouB．SheC．WhoD．He【小题16】A．whereB．in whichC．over thereD．that【小题17】A．troubleB．difficultiesC．thingsD．fun【小题18】A．writeB．speakC．useD．read【小题19】A．everyB．theseC．someD．all the【小题20】A．chanceB．situationC．conditionD．timeD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文主要讲述了作者16岁第一次去美国迪士尼时因为语言问题而发生的趣事。
【小题1】D。第一句就交代作者去美国，从后文我们可以得出作者是一个英国人，且又提到他到法国。所以应选D项。
【小题1】C。在学校读书用介词at。
【小题1】B。be used to doing习惯于。从文中可知他经常出国，所以应是他习惯说外语。
【小题1】A。English英语。作者是英国人，他说外语显然是不懂英语的人。
【小题1】A。when当……时候。但当我去美国的时候。
【小题1】B。度过一个轻松愉快的假期。
【小题1】C。language语言。到外国去存在的就是语言问题。
【小题1】D。用形容词作中心词的感叹句就只能用how修饰。
【小题1】D。固定短语at the airport。
【小题1】C。a public telephone意为“公用电话”。
【小题1】B。ring打电话。我们从上文可以知道作者是想在公用电话亭打个电话。
【小题1】A。friendly友好的。他愿主动提供帮助，说明他是一个非常友好的人。
【小题1】B。if是否。问作者他是否能提供一些帮助。
【小题1】D。从后文我们可以得知这个老人是误会了作者要送戒指给他的女友，所以问他是否结婚了。
【小题1】C。who谁。作者感到莫名其妙，所以问谁要结婚。
【小题1】A。作者是要找一个公用电话亭，所以应是问在哪里有公用电话亭。
【小题1】B。difficulty麻烦。朋友叙述的是开始遇到了很多“麻烦”，而trouble是不可数名词，应排除。故选B。
【小题1】C。use使用。美国人所“使用”的英语。
【小题1】D。把自己所遇到的一切麻烦事情当作好玩的乐趣。
【小题1】D。是指大多数情况下，英美人能互相理解。situation指某一特定时期的境地。