When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand French. But when I went to America, I was really looking forward to having a nice and easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstandings began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Daisy a call and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.

"Yes, "I said, "I want to give my friend a ring. "

"Well, that's nice, "he said. "Are you getting married? But aren't you a bit young?"

"Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me where there's a phone box?"

"Oh! "he said. "There's a phone downstairs. "

When at last we met, Daisy explained the misunderstanding to me.

"Don't worry, "she said to me. "I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You' ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other!"

56. The writer thought ______ in America.

A. he wouldn't have any language difficulties

B. he would not understand the Americans

C. the Americans might not understand him

D. he would have difficulty at the airport

57. The writer wanted to _____.

A. buy a ring for his friend

B. make a call to his friend

C. go to the telephone company

D. see his friend off

58. From the passage we can see that "give somebody a ring" ______.

A .means the same in America as in England

B. means "call somebody" to the old man

C. has two different meanings

D. means "be going to get married" in England

59. In the last paragraph the underlined word "they" refers to ______.

A. the old man and the boy      B. the Americans

C. the British                  D. the French

He is seldom, ______, absent from school.

   A. if some     B. if any      C. if not       D. if ever

They tried to prevent the damage ________ their cattle.

   A. from protecting    B. protecting       C. protect           D. to protect

_______ your mind and you will find the way.

   A. Using        B. Use      C. If you use         D. To use

The machine can only do _____man asks it to do .

  A how  B after  C what  D when

Last night we met with _________ accident on the way home.

  A. a quite strange  B. too strange an     C. such strange an     D. a so strange

A month’s ______ is required from whichever party wishes to end the agreement.

  A. message      B. letter             C. sentence        D. notice

The traditional view is _______ we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to make us do so.

A. when          B. why              C. whether          D. that

32.It’s amazing how closely Brian and Steve__________each other.

A.look         B.compare          C.resenble         D.equal

完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not  16   , and they had few things except friends,    17    they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were  never     18     because they had each other.

    John and Bobby     19     to take long walks together. After their     20     John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then     21    in front of the fire. They had a(n)     22     but happy life.

Then John developed a(n)     23     disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was  24     in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s     25     said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He     26     near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the    27    . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was     28    , he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

    29    , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a     30     grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

16. A. rich                  B. lucky           C. beautiful      D. funny 

17. A. and                B. or           C. but              D. so

18. A. lonely            B. alone          C. worried                D. separate

19. A. failed   B. competed  C. imagined          D. liked

20. A. work            B. rest     C. run                 D. walk

21. A. sang                B. talked          C. sat     D. studied

22. A. hard                 B. sad           C. easy          D. simple

23. A. serious  B. unhealthy   C. big     D. sick

24. A. put                   B. escaped       C. stored          D. buried

25. A. friends B. children  C. parents    D. brothers

26. A. got up    B. turned down          C. sat down D. put up

27. A. garage   B. grave          C. home            D. town

28. A. cool                  B. warm         C. wet                D. rainy

29. A. Luckily    B. Quickly        C. Finally   D. Interestingly

30. A. large     B. small    C. firm      D. weak