Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unlucky, I am one of , them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl,I never dared ask strangers the way. So I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. if anyone asks me the way to somewhere, I always say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here. ”

Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because_________.

A. she’s a stranger to the city

B. she doesn’t know the people

C. she has no time to help others

D. she’s afraid of giving wrong directions

2.A man stopped the writer on the way to ______.

A. sell her something

B. ask for the time

C. make friends with her

D. ask for the direction

3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer _____.

A. lives B. studies

C. works D. teaches

4.The word” embarrassed” in the last paragraph means “______”.

A. 尴尬的 B. 困惑的

C. 激动的 D. 拮据的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer is too shy to give others directions.

B. The writer has a very poor sense of direction.

C. The writer never got lost when she was young.

D. The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.

Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence(暴力)in some areas, teenagers' safety becomes a serious problem.①We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe school environment. Please be part of our plan !

What is School Watch?

School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom and you do the same for them.

Is it for everyone?

Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer.

What else can it do?

②School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help schoolmates who have problems with their homework.

Who is the Best School Watcher?

Our school will look for the Best School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one!

How do you start?

To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is talk to the director of the plan in your grade. If you want to get more information, check the official website at www.schoolwatch .com.

1.The members of School Watch are probably .

A. teenagers B. parents C. policemen

2.School Watch can help its members .

A. protect the environment

B. organize sports activities

C. improve the quality of school life

3.Anyone can become a member of School Watch because .

A. everyone may have problems

B. everyone can give help to others

C. everyone need to make some friends

4.If you want to be a member of School Watch, you should .

A. check the website

B. be good at your schoolwork

C. talk to the director of the plan in your grade

5.The Best School Watcher will get a lot of prizes from every year.

A. the school B. the website C. the organization

Two children stood outside the door with old coats.

"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.

I was busy. ①I wanted to say no, but I saw that

their shoes had holes in them and that they were wet.

"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot tea." They

came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left prints on the floor.

I gave them tea and bread to protect them from the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the living room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, "lady, are you rich?"

Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at the old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match(相配)your saucers."

Then they left, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for. The blue cups and saucers were simple, but they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over my head, my husband with a job-these things matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. ②I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

1.The writer let the two children in to .

A. serve them tea and food

B. sell them some old papers

C. show them how rich she was

D. offer them some warm clothes

2.Why did the children think the writer was rich?

A. He liked the saucer.

B. The room was quite large.

C. The cups matched the saucers.

D. She was kind and ready to give.

3.We can learn from the passage that .

A. the writer felt everything matched

B. the writer's husband was out of work

C. the children talked happily in the room

D. the children thanked a lot before leaving

4.The underlined sentence "I let them be." means " ".

A. I loved them. B. I left them there.

C. I didn't like them. D. I didn't want to see them again.

5.According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on .

A. what job you are doing

B. what you have

C. how much money you have

D. how you feel about your life

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