[单选题]PartIIIReadingComprehension(20%)Choosethebestanswerforeachquestionorunfinishedstatement.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,tomysurprise,thecoffeepotwastakenaway!LaterIfoundoutthat“Thankyou”inFrenchmeans“No,thankyou.”61.MySpanishfriendswantedadviceabout_____.
