When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been __36__ . Like most English children I learned French __37_ school and I had often been to France, so I _38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_ 39 . But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_ 40_ _ a nice easy holiday without any _ _41_ _ problems. _ 42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__ 43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked_ _45 __ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s_ _46 __,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting 47_ ? But aren’t you a bit _ 48 __?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __ 49 _want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _ 50 __there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.” When at last we _ 51_ _meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_ 52_ _at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__5 3 __differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _ 54_ _funny things they say. Most of the_ _55 __British and American people understand each other!” 小题1: A.out B.away C.outside D.abroad 小题2: A.from B.during C.at D.after 小题3: A.get used to B.was used to C.used to D.used 小题4: A.English B.French C.Russian D.Latin 小题5: A.buying B.having C.giving D.receiving 小题6: A.time B.human C.language D.money 小题7: A.Too B.What a C.What D.How 小题8: A.cheap B.popular C.public D.good 小题9: A.letter B.ring C.news D.information 小题10: A.that B.if C.where D.when 小题11: A.well B.over C.nice D.ring 小题12: A.to marry B.to be married C.marrying D.married 小题13: A.small B.little C.old D.young 小题14: A.very B.just C.just now D.so 小题15: A.where B.which C.over where D.that 小题16: A.did B.do C.can D.had 小题17: A.trouble B.difficulties C.things D.fun 小题18: A.write B.speak C.use D.read 小题19: A.every B.each C.any D.all the 小题20: A.chance B.situation C.condition D.time