When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”
“Who 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 where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?
A. This was the first time for the writer to go abroad.
B. The writer could speak French and English.
C. He thought he would have some difficulties in understanding the Americans.
D. The writer had been to the U.S.A. many times.When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.
| A．buy a ring for his friend |
| B．ask the way to his friend’s |
| C．telephone his friend |
| D．call a taxi |
The old man thought _____.
| A．the writer wanted to find a phone box |
| B．the writer was old enough to get married |
| C．the writer didn’t know the way |
| D．the writer wanted to find his girlfriend |
At last, the old man _____.
| A．understood what the writer wanted to do |
| B．couldn’t understand the writer |
| C．bought a ring for the writer |
| D．took the writer to the phone box by himself |
阅读下面的表格，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
| Name: Linda Sex: Female(女) Age（年龄）: Fourteen Chinese name: Liu Hui Nationality(国籍): English Phone number: six three eight, eight two one nine |
Linda is _____________.
| A．English | B．America | C．Chinese | D．Japanese |
Her Chinese name’s ______________.
| A．Hui Liu | B．Liu Hui | C．Linda King | D．Linda Liu |
She is _____________.
| A．12 | B．13 | C．14 | D．15 |
Her phone number is _______________.
| A．638-8219 | B．637-7219 | C．738-8219 | D．739-9218 |
Linda is a _____________.
| A．boy | B．girl | C．bird | D．dog |
Hello. I’m a boy. I’m Tony Smith. I’m thirteen years old. I’m in Class 2, not Class 3. My telephone number is seven five six, six two three one. I like summer best because(因为) I can go swimming in summer. This is my friend, Betty, Betty White. She is American. We are in the same(相同的) class. Her telephone number is two two four, five six one seven. She likes dogs very much. She has 3 white dogs and 2 black dogs. Our English teacher is Miss Li. Her telephone number is six eight one, four five two seven. Her favourite colour is green and she likes drawing.What’s the boy’s name?
| A．Tony White | B．Tony Smith | C．Betty White | D．Betty Smith |
Betty has _________ dogs.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．five |
What class is Betty in?
| A．Class 1 | B．Class 2 | C．Class 3 | D．Class 4 |
What’s Miss Li’s favourite colour?
| A．red | B．yellow | C．white | D．green |
What’s Miss Li’s number?
| A．756-6213 | B．671-4527 | C．681-4527 | D．224-5617 |
My name is Lily. This is my classroom. There are 40 desks, 40 chairs, a bookcase, a computer and a teacher’s desk in it. It has two green doors and four windows. There’s a clock and a map on the wall(墙壁). Look, that is Kate. She is my friend. A red bag, three black pens and four green pencils are on her desk. My favourite day is Saturday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays.How many pencils are there on the desk?
| A．Three | B．Two. | C．One | D．Four. |
The doors are _____________.
| A．green | B．red | C．white | D．blue |
What’s on the wall’?
A. A clock. B. A map.C. A bookcase. D. A and B.Lily’s favourite day is _____________.
| A．Monday | B．Friday | C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
Which is TRUE? (哪一个是正确的)
| A．Kate’s pencil is yellow. |
| B．There are 4 pens on the desk. |
| C．There are 4 windows in the classroom. |
| D．The bag is yellow. |
On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.
It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.
| Name of the festival |
The |
| Date of the festival |
The 15th day of |
| What to eat |
Sweet or salty |
| What children like doing |
Guessing |
| What farmers harvest |
Fruits and _ |
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo. Mary is________.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．Japanese | D．American |
Mary is in______ with her parents now.
| A．Shanghai | B．Beijing | C．New York | D．London |
Mary doesn’t know how to get to_______.
| A．the zoo | B．the park | C．her home | D．her school |
Mary can’t speak_______ very well.
| A．English | B．England | C．China | D．Chinese |
At last the boy________.
| A．can understand Mary’s Chinese |
| B．takes her to the zoo |
| C．shows her the way to the zoo |
| D．draws a picture for Mary, too |