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2010-2023历年河南省河大附中高二校内竞赛试题（英语）

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一.参考题库(共10题)

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WhenIlivedinSpain,someSpanishfriendsofminedecidedtovisitEnglandbycar.Beforetheyleft,theyaskedmeforadviceabouthowtofindaccommodation(住所).Isuggestedthattheyshouldstayat“bedandbreakfast”houses,becausethiskindofaccommodationgivesaforeignvisitoragoodchancetospeakEnglishwiththefamily.Myfriendslistenedtomyadvice,buttheycamebackwithsomefunnystories.

“Wedidn’tstayatbedandbreakfasthouses,”theysaid,“becausewefoundthatmostfamilieswereawayonholiday.”

Ithoughtthiswasstrange.FinallyIunderstoodwhathadhappened.MyfriendsspokelittleEnglish,andtheythought“VACANCIES”meant“holidays”,becausetheSpanishwordfor“holidays”is“vacaciones”.Sotheydidnotgotohousewherethesignoutsidesaid‘VACANCLES’,whichinEnglishmeanstherearefreerooms.Thenmyfriendswenttohousewherethesignsaid‘NOVACANCLES’,becausetheythoughtthismeantthepeoplewhoownedthehousewerenotawayonholiday.Buttheyfoundthatthesehouseswereallfull.Asaresult,theystayedathotels!

Welaughedaboutthisandaboutmistakesmyfriendsmadeinreadingothersigns.InSpanish,theword“DIVERSION”meansfun.InEnglish,itmeansthatworkmenarerepairingtheroad,andthatyoumusttakeadifferentroad.Whenmyfriendssawtheword“DIVERSION”onaroadsign,theythoughttheyweregoingtohavefun.Instead,theroadendedinalargehold.

Englishpeoplehaveproblemstoowhentheylearnforeignlanguages.OnceinParis.whensomeoneofferedmesomemorecoffee,Isaid‘Thankyou’inFrench.ImeantthatIwouldlikesomemore,However,tomysurprisethecoffeepotwastakenaway!LaterIfoundoutthat‘Thankyou’inFrenchmeans‘No,thankyou.’

1.MySpanishfriendswantedadviceabout______.

A.learningEnglish????????????????????B.findingplacestostayinEngland

C.drivingtheircaronEnglishroads???????D.go