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. 小题1: A．work B．school C．home D．table 小题2: A．to B．by C．from D．on 小题3: A．afraid B．worried C．wondering D．sure 小题4: A．food B．life C．language D．travel 小题5: A．late B．wrong C．right D．early 小题6: A．say B．tell C．mean D．call 小题7: A．got B．worked C．spoken D．arrived 小题8: A．help B．stay with C．lift D．drive 小题9: A．by B．in C．with D．on 小题10: A．policeman B．shop C．phone D．gate 小题11: A．listening B．talking C．saying D．coming 小题12: A．phoning B．arriving C．journey D．drive 小题13: A．off B．back C．inside D．down 小题14: A．watching B．learning C．bringing D．leaving 小题15: A．walk B．sleep C．rest D．meal 小题16: A．meet B．quarrel C．get out D．phone 小题17: A．showed B．called C．explained D．pardoned 小题18: A．visit B．present C．call D．meal 小题19: A．down B．up C．out D．back 小题20: A．one B．first C．another D．down