《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修1外研版青海专版》

阅读短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
One particular time when I mixed up some English words was really embarrassing. Last summer I studied English in Canada on my working holiday programme. One day, my homestay dad asked me, “Do you wanna have a beer with us?” Usually, I’d immediately burst out with a “Yes!”, but I had a farewell party to go to that day, so I said, “Sorry, I have to go to a *funeral* (葬礼) party for my Russian friend today.” I saw my homestay dad’s face turn really sad and kind of surprised. I didn’t understand why he looked so upset at the time. When I went to the party, I heard my friends say “farewell” party and at that moment I remembered what the word I used with my homestay dad actually meant. “Oh, no!” I thought. I was so embarrassed.
I think that mixing up words while speaking is a problem that many other people encounter, too. One of my friends was invited to a party at a restaurant. She got a seafood dish, but it hadn’t been cooked enough. When a waitress came over, she told the waitress, “I don’t like your *selfish* at all.” The waitress was shocked for a moment and just said sorry to her and left. Not surprisingly, she got upset because it seemed as if the waitress didn’t care that her food wasn’t good and did not replace the dish for her. Her friends finally pointed out that she had said “selfish” instead of “shellfish”.
1. What does the underlined word “encounter” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. To meet.
B. To understand.
C. To raise.
D. To avoid.
2. What did the author’s friend actually want to do?
A. Put back the food.
B. Leave the restaurant.
C. Complain about the dish.
D. Say bad words to the waitress.
3. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Terrible Mistakes in Daily Life
B. Useful English Words
C. Embarrassing Language Mistakes
D. Possibility of Misunderstanding

答案： 1. A 词义猜测题。作者首先讲述了自己因误用单词造成尴尬的故事，认为许多人也会遇到同样的问题，因此A选项正确。
2. C 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知，作者朋友的本意是向服务员抱怨海鲜不熟，却混淆了 shellfish（水生有壳动物）和 selfish（自私的）两个单词，造成误会。
3. C 主旨大意题。根据第一段首句和第二段首句以及文中两个因混淆单词而令人尴尬的故事内容可知，C 选项是最佳标题。