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1、22、（1分） WhenIlivedinSpain,someSpanishfriendsofminedecidedtovisitEnglandbycar.Beforetheyleft,theyaskedmeforadviceabouthowtofindaccommodation(住所).Isuggestedthattheyshouldstayat‘bedandbreakfast’houses,becausethiskindofaccommodationgivesaforeignvisitoragoodchancetospe
2、akEnglishwiththefamily.Myfriendslistenedtomyadvice,buttheycamebackwithsomefunnystories. “Wedidn’tstayatbedandbreakfasthouses,”theysaid,“becausewefoundthatmostfamilieswereawayonholiday.” Ithoughtthiswasstrange.FinallyIunderstoodwhathadhappened.Myfriendsspokelittl
3、eEnglish,andtheythought‘VACANCIES’meant‘holidays’,becausetheSpanishwordfor‘holidays”is‘vacaciones’.Sotheydidnotgotohousewherethesignoutsidesaid‘VACANCLES’,whichinEnglishmeanstherearefreerooms.Thenmyfriendswenttohousewherethesignsaid‘NOVACANCLES’,becausetheythoughtth
4、ismeantthepeoplewhoownedthehousewerenotawayonholiday.Buttheyfoundthatthesehouseswereallfull.Asaresult,theystayedathotels! Welaughedaboutthisandaboutmistakesmyfriendsmadeinreadingothersigns.InSpanish,theword‘DIVERSION’meansfun.InEnglish,itmeansthatworkmenarerepairi
5、ngtheroad,andthatyoumusttakeadifferentroad.Whenmyfriendssawtheword‘DIVERSION’onaroadsign,theythoughttheyweregoingtohavefun.Instead,theroadendedinalargehold. Englishpeoplehaveproblemstoowhentheylearnforeignlanguages.OnceinParis.whensomeoneofferedmesomemore.coffee,I
6、said‘Thankyou’inFrench.ImeantthatIwouldlikesomemore,However,tomysurprisethecoffeepotwastakenaway!LaterIfoundoutthat‘Thankyou’inFrenchmeans‘Mo,thankyou.’1.MySpanishfriendswantedadviceabout______. A.learningEnglish B.findingplacestostayinEngland C
7、.drivingtheircaronEnglishroads D.goingtoEnglandbycar2.Isuggestedthattheystayatbedandbreakfasthousesbecause______. A.theywouldbeabletopractisetheirEnglish B.itwouldbemuchcheaperthanstayinginhotels C.itwouldbeconvenientforthemtohavedinner D.therewouldbenopro
8、blemaboutfindingaccommodationthere3.“NOVACANCIES”inEnglishmeans______. A.nofreerooms B.freerooms C.notawayonholiday D.holid
