WhenIwasfourteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad(LikemanyEnglishchildrenIhadoftenbeentoFrance).SowhenIwenttoAmericaIthoughtIwouldhaveaniceeasyholidaywit
WhenIwasfourteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad(LikemanyEnglishchildrenIhadoftenbeentoFrance).SowhenIwenttoAmericaIthoughtIwouldhaveaniceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblem.
HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.IwaslookingforapublictelephonetotellmyAmericanfriendDannythatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglostandaskedifhecouldhelpme.
“Yes”Isaid“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”
“Wellthat’snice”hesaid“Areyougettingmarried?Butaren’tyoutooyoung?”
“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?”Ireplied“IonlywanttogivemyfriendaringtotellhimI’vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethereisaphonebox?”
“Oh”hesaid“thereisaphonedownstairs.”
WhenatlastwemetDannyexplainedthemisunderstandingtome.
“Don’tworry”hesaidtome“Ihadsomanydifficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromBritishpeople.You’llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.MostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother.”
1.Thewriterwasfrom________.
A.JapanB.FranceC.AmericaD.England
2.Thewriterthought________inAmericaatfirst.
A.hewouldn’thaveanylanguagedifficulties
B.hewouldbelostandhehadtocallthepoliceforhelp
C.hewouldn’tunderstandtheAmericans
D.hewouldhaveaterribleholiday
3.Thewriterwantedto________attheairport.
A.haveamealB.buyamapC.callhisfriendD.findanoldman
4.Accordingto(根据)thefriendlyoldman“givesomebodyaring”means“________”.
A.makeatelephonecalltosomebody
B.begoingtogetmarried
C.buyaringforsomebody
D.asksomebodytoweararing
5.Theunderlinedword“they”refersto________.
A.theoldmanandtheboy B.theBritish
C.theFrench D.theAmericans