WhenIwassixteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschool.AndIhadoftenbeentoFrancesoIwasusedtospeakingaforeignlang

　　WhenIwassixteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschool.AndIhadoftenbeentoFrancesoIwasusedtospeakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn’tunderstandEnglish.ButwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardtohavinganiceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguagebarriers.（障碍）

　　HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandings(误解)beganattheairport.IwaslookingforapublictelephonetogivemyAmericanfriendPennyacallandtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglostandaskedifhecouldhelpme.

　　“Yes”Isaid“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”

　　“Wellthat’snice”hesaid.“Areyougettingmarried?Butaren’tyouabit（点）young?”

　　“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?”Ireplied.“IonlywanttogivemyfriendaringtotellherI’vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethere’saphonebox?”

　　“Oh!”hesaid“There’saphonedownstairs.”

　　WhenatlastwemetPennyexplainedthemisunderstandingstome.

　　“Don’tworry”shesaidtome.“Ihadsomanydifficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichtheAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromBritish.You’llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.MostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother!”

　　24．Atfirstthewriterthought_____inAmerica.

　　A.hewouldn’thaveanylanguagedifficulties

　　B.hewouldnotunderstandtheAmericans

　　C.theAmericansmightnotunderstandhim

　　D.itwouldn’tbeaneasyandrelaxingholiday

　　25．Fromthepassagewecanseethat“givesomebodyaring”_____.

　　A.meansthesameinAmericaasinEngland

　　B.means“callsomebody”totheAmericanpeople.

　　C.hastwodifferentmeanings

　　D.means“begoingtogetmarried”inEngland

　　26．Inthelastparagraphtheunderlined“they”refersto（指的是）_____.

　　A.theoldmanandtheboy B.theAmericans

　　C.theBritish D.theFrench

　　27．Pennywillagreewiththeideathat_____.

　　A.Americansusewordsentirely（完全地）differentlyfromBritish

　　B.Americansspeakinafunnyway

　　C.Itwillbehardfortheauthor（作者）togetusedtoAmer