IV. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each of the questions.

  I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my questions several times and at last, he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. "I am a foreigner," I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. "You'll soon learn English!" he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

                                                                                  [Source: L.G. Alexander, New Concept 2,. Longman, 1974]

1. The writer asked the porter......

A. how to speak English                              B. where the railway station was

C. the direction to the hotel                                    D. if he could speak English

2. The porter couldn't understand the writer because......

A. the writer did not speak English very carefully   B. the writer repeated the questions several times

C. the porter didn't know English                           D. the writer's English was unusual

3. The writer's teacher of English.....

A. spoke English differently from English people   B. never spoke English in class

C. didn't speak English slowly                     D. didn't work as a porter

3. In England......

A. people don't speak English at all

B. people speak English, which is not like the one the writer studied at school

C. people understand one another without speaking English

D. each person speaks a different language

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. At last the writer understood what the porter said.

B. The writer expected everyone in England to speak like his teacher.

C. The porter didn't feel angry with the writer.

D. The porter always spoke English slowly and clearly.