Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at 36. When I made my first visit 37 the Unites States, I was 38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any 39 problem. But how 40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to 41 my friend Jenny I had 41 . A worker asked if he could 43 me. “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.” “Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “I just want to tell her 44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a 45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are 46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your 47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went 48 , 49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a 50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did 51. She 52 the misunderstanding(误会): American say “to give someone a 53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash 54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the 55 floor is the second for Americans.

A．work B．school C．home D．table

A．to B．by C．from D．on

A．afraid B．worried C．wondering D．sure

A．food B．life C．language D．travel

A．late B．wrong C．right D．early

A．say B．tell C．mean D．call

A．got B．worked C．spoken D．arrived

A．help B．stay with C．lift D．drive

A．by B．in C．with D．on

A．policeman B．shop C．phone D．gate

A．listening B．talking C．saying D．coming

A．phoning B．arriving C．journey D．drive

A．off B．back C．inside D．down

A．watching B．learning C．bringing D．leaving

A．walk B．sleep C．rest D．meal

A．meet B．quarrel C．get out D．phone

A．showed B．called C．explained D．pardoned

A．visit B．present C．call D．meal

A．down B．up C．out D．back

A．one B．first C．another D．down