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