【WhenIwas16yearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeen1.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrench2schoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrancesoI3speakingaforei】
WhenIwas16yearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeen1.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrench2schoolandIhadoftenbeentoFrancesoI3speakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn'tunderstand4.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardto5aniceeasyholidaywithoutany6problems.
7wrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.Iwaslookingfora8telephonetogivemyAmericanfriendDannya9andtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglostandasked10hecouldhelpme.“Yes”Isaid“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”“Wellthat's11.”heexclaimed“Areyougetting12?Butaren'tyouabit13?”“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?”Ireplied“I14wanttogivemyfriendaringtotellherI'vearrived.Canyoutellme15there'saphonebox?”“Oh!”hesaid“there'saphonedownstairs.”
Whenatlastwe16meetupDannyexplainedthemisunderstandingstome.“Don'tworry.”shesaidtome“Ihadsomany17atfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericans18differentlyinmeaningfromusBritish.You'llsoongetusedto19funnythingstheysay.Mostofthe20BritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!”
1.
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A.out
B.away
C.outside
D.abroad
2.
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A.from
B.during
C.at
D.after
3.
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A.getusedto
B.wasusedto
C.usedto
D.used
4.
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A.English
B.French
C.Russian
D.Latin
5.
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A.buying
B.having
C.giving
D.receiving
6.
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A.time
B.human
C.language
D.money
7.
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A.Too
B.Whata
C.What
D.How
8.
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A.cheap
B.popular
C.public
D.good
9.
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A.letter
B.ring
C.news
D.information
10.
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A.that
B.if
C.where
D.when
11.
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A.w