【WhenIwas16yearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschoolandIwenttoFranceoftensoIwasusedtospeakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewh】
WhenIwas16yearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn'tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad.LikemostEnglishchildrenIlearnedFrenchatschoolandIwenttoFranceoftensoIwasusedtospeakingaforeignlanguagetopeoplewhodidn'tunderstandEnglish.AndwhenIwenttoAmericaIwasreallylookingforwardtohavinganiceandeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblems.
HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.IwaslookingforapublicphoneboxtogivemyfriendDaisyaringandtellherthatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglikebeinglostandaskedifhecouldhelpme.
"Yes"Isaid."Iwanttogivemyfriendaring."
"Wellthat'snice"heexclaimed(惊呼)."Areyougettingmarried?Butaren'tyouabityoung?"
"Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?"Ireplied. "IjustwanttogivemyfriendaringtotellherI'vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethephoneboxis?"
"Oh!"hesaid."There'saphonedownstairs."
WhenatlastwedidmeetupDaisyexplainedthemisunderstandingtome."Dontworry"shesaidtome."Ihadmanydifficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromusBritish.You'llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.ButmostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeoplecanunderstandeachother."
( )1.WhatlanguagedidthewriterspeakbesidesEnglishaccordingtothepassage?
A.Chinese.B.Japanese.
C.French.D.Spanish.
( )2.Whenthewriterarrivedattheairporthewantedto .
A.buyaringforhisfriend B.askthewaytohisfriend'shome
C.callhisfriend D.callataxi
( )3.Theoldmanthought atfirst.
A.thewriterwantedtofindaphonebox
B.thewriterwasoldenoughtogetmarried
C.thewriterwantedtobuyaring
D.thewriterwantedtofindhisgirlfriend
( )4.Atlasttheoldman .
A.understoodwhatthewriterwantedtodo
B.couldn'tunderstandthewriter
C.boughtaringforthewriter
D.tookthewritertothephoneboxbyhimself
( )5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Thewri