WhenIwasfourteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad(LikemanyEnglishchildrenIhadoftenbeentoFrance).SowhenIwenttoAmericaIthoughtIwouldhaveaniceeasyholidaywit

　　WhenIwasfourteenyearsoldImademyfirstvisittotheUnitedStates.Itwasn’tthefirsttimeIhadbeenabroad(LikemanyEnglishchildrenIhadoftenbeentoFrance).SowhenIwenttoAmericaIthoughtIwouldhaveaniceeasyholidaywithoutanylanguageproblem.

　　HowwrongIwas!Themisunderstandingbeganattheairport.IwaslookingforapublictelephonetotellmyAmericanfriendDannythatIhadarrived.Afriendlyoldmansawmelookinglostandaskedifhecouldhelpme.

　　“Yes”Isaid“Iwanttogivemyfriendaring.”

　　“Wellthat’snice”hesaid“Areyougettingmarried?Butaren’tyoutooyoung?”

　　“Whoistalkingaboutmarriage?”Ireplied“IonlywanttogivemyfriendaringtotellhimI’vearrived.Canyoutellmewherethereisaphonebox?”

　　“Oh”hesaid“thereisaphonedownstairs.”

　　WhenatlastwemetDannyexplainedthemisunderstandingtome.

　　“Don’tworry”hesaidtome“Ihadsomanydifficultiesatfirst.TherearelotsofwordswhichAmericansusedifferentlyinmeaningfromBritishpeople.You’llsoongetusedtoallthefunnythingstheysay.MostofthetimeBritishandAmericanpeopleunderstandeachother.”

　　1.Thewriterwasfrom________.

　　A.JapanB.FranceC.AmericaD.England

　　2.Thewriterthought________inAmericaatfirst.

　　A.hewouldn’thaveanylanguagedifficulties

　　B.hewouldbelostandhehadtocallthepoliceforhelp

　　C.hewouldn’tunderstandtheAmericans

　　D.hewouldhaveaterribleholiday

　　3.Thewriterwantedto________attheairport.

　　A.haveamealB.buyamapC.callhisfriendD.findanoldman

　　4.Accordingto（根据）thefriendlyoldman“givesomebodyaring”means“________”.

　　A.makeatelephonecalltosomebody

　　B.begoingtogetmarried

　　C.buyaringforsomebody    

　　D.asksomebodytoweararing

　　5.Theunderlinedword“they”refersto________.

　　A.theoldmanandtheboy   B.theBritish

　　C.theFrench   D.theAmericans