Question

Can you make a telephone call? Of course you make it in Chinese. But the call in English is quite different from the one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you cannot say, “ Please ask Mr/Mrs/Miss… to answer the telephone.” Instead, you must say, “ May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?” If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say “ Who is that?” or “ Is that …( somebody ) speaking?” instead of “ Who are you ?”. If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, “ This is …( somebody ) speaking.”

1.The call in English is __________ from the one in Chinese.

A. hard B. difficult C. same D. different

2.If you want to ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, you should say, “________”

A. Who are you ?

B. Ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, please.

C. May I speak to Mr. Li, please?

D. Where is Mr. Li, please?

3.If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you can’t say, “________”

A. Who is that?

B. Is that Mr…?

C. Is that Mr… speaking?

D. Who are you ?

4.If you want to tell the other one you are Jim Green, you can’t say, “_________”

A. I am Jim Green.

B. This is Jim Green.

C. This is Jim Green speaking.

D. Both B and C.

5.The title for this passage should be __________.

A. A Story about Mr. Li and Jim Green

B. How to Make a Call in English

C. A Story about Telephone

D. A Call in Chinese

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：用英语打电话完全不同于用汉语打电话。该文介绍了如何用英语打电话。如果你想让某人接电话，你必须说，“May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?”如果你想问谁在接电话，你应该说“ Who is that?” or “ Is that …( somebody ) speaking?”如果你想告诉别人你是谁，你应该说，“This is …( somebody ) speaking.”

1.But the call in English is quite different from the one in Chinese.可知用英语打电话是完全不同于用汉语打电话。所以该选D。

2.If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you cannot say, “ Please ask Mr/Mrs/Miss… to answer the telephone.” Instead, you must say, “ May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?”可知如果你想让某人接电话，你必须说，“May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?所以该选C。

3.If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say “ Who is that?” or “ Is that …( somebody ) speaking?” instead of “ Who are you ?”.可知如果你想问谁是回答电话，你不应该说“ Who are you ?”.。所以该选D。

4.If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, “ This is …( somebody ) speaking.”可知如果你想告诉别人你是谁，你应该说，“This is …( somebody ) speaking.”所以该选A。

5.标题归纳题。根据本文主要介绍如何用英语打电话可知该选B。

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