Some people have a very poor sense of direction.Unluckily,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 to ask strangers the way.And 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 somewhere,I would 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 is 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 her 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.

Time is a very valuable thing. However, most of us don't_______it until it's too late. When we are young, we feel that we will never run out of time. We don’t count the seconds, minutes, and hours of the day because we know that_______ will bring more. We have so much time that we feel we can easily_______to waste some of it. Think of the common English_______,"wasting time. ""filling in time” or even "killing time" We have_______respect for time.

It is only when we get_______that we begin to realize that time is a precious treasure. _______we might find that we haven’t invested(投资)our time well. We discover that we_______have enough time to do things we want. Just as adults need to spend their money on_______things like taxes (税款) and bills, they also have to spend their time doing things that they might not really want to do -- things that really make time boring.

The only way to get the most of the time we have is to live for today, and never delay(拖延) till next day. As the idiom(习话)____________," Delay is the thief of time, " And you don't want anyone to steal your time, do you?

1.A. remind B. realize C. review D. research

2.A. tomorrow B. success C. ability D. knowledge

3.A. agree B. avoid C. afford D. advise

4.A. expressions B. instructions C. suggestions D. introductions

5.A. few B. little C. a few D. a little

6.A. older B. stronger C. elder D. higher

7.A. Simply B. Specially C. Suddenly D. Seriously

8.A. at times B. any more C. at least D. no longer

9.A. unexpected B. unpleasant C. unforgettable D. unbelievable

10.A. writes B. tells C. reads D. says

阅读下面的短文,从每小题所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

I used to work in a lab for almost 10 years. It was a well-paid job, and a “not exactly challenging(有挑战性的)but safe job”. Then everything changed in 1998 when my best friend introduced me to a man who wanted to open up a computer school.

They knew I had a speech problem. I stuttered(口吃).

For me a simple sentence was going to take longer than it should.“ Hello, how are you doing?” can take you 3 seconds(秒), while it would take me 10 seconds. And the man just asked me if I wanted to stand in front of strangers and speak about computer technology.

Then the most amazing thing happened...

I said yes!

I have always felt I know a better way to describe difficult concepts(概念) to listeners than a lot of other people. I’m good at explaining things when I write about it. So I took the class syllabus(教学大纲)and rewrote it MY WAY! I did all I could to make it easier to understand.

In my first class I got the familiar(熟悉的)funny looks from people when I started speaking. But after 15 minutes, people were asking smart questions that showed they understood. At the end of the class when people were leaving, they shook my hand and thanked me.

You won’t get THAT from a “ not exactly challenging but safe job”!

1.The writer thought his job in the lab was _____________.

A. well-paid and safe. B. safe and challenging. C. well-paid but challenging.

2.The writer uses the example of “ Hello, how are you doing?” to show____________.

A. What his speech problem was

B. his speech problem got better

C. how he fought his speech problem

3.As for the class syllabus, the writer ________.

A. removed the difficult concepts from it.

B. couldn’t fully understand it first.

C. wrote it again in his own way

4.The writer knew the students understood his class from their _______.

A. funny looks B. questions C. thank-you letters

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. My challenging choice B. My fantastic class C. My speech problem

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