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(2-1)An 81-year-old man ended up in Germany by accident after trying to get from Newcastle, Great Britain, to Rome, Italy. (1) The old age pensioner was on a mission to see the Pope, who is head of the Catholic Church, and decided to make his way there by car. He was surprised when his GPS system told him he had arrived, although there were no signs of any of the famous buildings or architecture. The man parked but didn't put on the handbrake of his car properly. His car rolled backwards, and in a striking display of irony, hit a sign saying “ Rom”--the small town in North Germany he had mistakenly plugged into the GPS system. Police said that the car had come to a halt after hitting the sign, but did not appear to be seriously damaged, although an ambulance was called to check on the pensioner. (2-2) The man, who lives in the UK and is originally Italian, might have been confused by the fact that Rome is written “Roma” in Italian and “Rom” in German.
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预览两道题各选项，由选项中出现的 Go、Travel、Tour、car、GPS、place 以及第 2 题中出现的 He 和 His等词可知，新闻内容与某位男士开车去旅行有关。 第1题各选项均以动词原形开头，且宾语均为具体的地点，推测本题可能考查旅行计划。根据第2题选项中的 hospital、ambulance、hit、damaged、out of order、 wrong place 等词可知，本题考查内容可能与某位男士在旅途中遇到的问题有关。
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1. What did the old age pensioner plan to do?
A)。新闻开头指出，一名81岁的老人试图从英国纽卡斯尔去意大利罗马，他是为了去见天主教会的教皇。因此，答案为A)。
2. What finally happened to the old man?
D)。【详解】新闻开头提到，老人试图从英国纽卡斯尔去意大利罗马，却最终意外地到了德国。新闻最后解释了造成老人走错地方的原因是“罗马”一词在意大利语和德语中的拼写不一致，GPS将Rom识别为德国小镇，而非意大利罗马。因此，答案为D)。