be lots of things wrong with it. When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear! He had no idea their word for "boot" was "trunk". In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.

Mary - From Britain

21.David went out to find a phone box to ________.

A．phone the police for help B．phone his friend for help

C．tell his friends he couldn't go to visit her D．apologize for his being late

22.When Tom asked for the "restroom", the people around him thought ______.

A．he wanted to have a rest. B．he wanted the toilet

C．he wanted a chair D．He wanted to go to a department store

23.Which of the following words is from British English？

A．Pants. B．Ground floor. C．Restroom. D．Trunk.

　　B

　　Whenever we talk about holidays, my mother teases my sister and me about how we "make out like robbers." She is referring to the fact that we are half Jewish and half Indian, so we receive gifts on both the festivals of lights: Hanukkah and Diwali. Though my mother teases us, I do not mind getting two sets of gifts!

　　Hanukkah is celebrated on the 25th day of the Jewish month, which is usually sometime in December. On Hanukkah, like most Jewish families, we light a menorah(烛台) and say a prayer each night. We also say a special prayer on the first night. After that, it is a tradition for my sister and me to do 'hot and cold' for our hidden Hanukkah gifts. When we walk towards the gift, our parents say 'hot' and when we walk further away, they say 'cold'. We each receive one present every night of Hanukkah. Another part I like about this holiday is seeing family members who we do not see often. My aunt usually stays for a few days, and we sometimes visit other relatives.

Diwali is celebrated on the 13th day of the dark fortnight of the month of Ashwin (October/November). To celebrate Diwali, my family does a pooja(印度教的礼拜), or prayers, in honor of the goddess Lakshmi. Since she is the goddess of wealth and