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.

I am a middle school student.My name is Li Mei.My grandfather is 70 years old now.He often says life has changed a lot.It becomes better and better.I ask him what life was like when he was a child.The following was what he said.

When he was a child,he used to feel hungry.There didn’t use to be enough food for him to eat.He has two brothers and two sisters.His parents were both farmers.They were very poor and couldn’t let their children eat as much as possible.As for clothes,they didn’t use to have enough clothes.And they never bought new clothes.The younger brothers and sisters often wore their old brothers’ and sisters’ clothes.My grandfather is the youngest.He is the only one that went to school and had a job in the city.His brothers and sisters didn’t get an education and they still live in the countryside now.Now my grandfather has retired and lives a happy life.He can eat any food that he wants.He can buy clothes that he wants to buy.He says he is much happier than before.He often asks me to study hard.He says if I work hard,I can have a good future.

1.How many children do her grandfather’s parents have?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

2.Whose clothes did her grandfather use to wear?

A. His brothers’. B. His mother’s.

C. His own. D. His father’s.

3.Why couldn’t her grandfather’s brothers or sisters go to school?

A. Because they didn’t want to go to school.

B. Because their parents didn’t want them to go to school.

C. Because they were poor.

D. Because they were rich.

4.How is the Li Mei’s grandfather now?

A. Sad. B. Moved. C. Happy. D. Bored.

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