Question

After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English of course a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage （车厢） subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into bad luck.

1.The author decided to take the subway because ________.

A．he lived near the city center

B．the network covered most of the stops

C．he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

D．he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2.Having been shown the room card, the young man_________.

A．understood the author well

B．still remained puzzled

C．answered the author directly

D．pointed at the subway map

3.Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A．helpful B．rude

C．warmhearted D．caring

4.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is mainly to ________.

A．prove the importance of being careful

B．appreciate the kindness of the young man

C．complain some cultural misunderstanding

D．describe one of his adventurous experiences

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文主要讲述了作者在北京问路的事情。作者并不会讲中文，于是在地铁上他向一位年轻人问路，虽然这位年轻人不会说英语，但是却亲自送作者走出地铁站并为作者叫了辆计程车去目的地。

1.C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far可知选择C，作者相信自己能处理好这次旅程。

2.A 推理判断题。根据文章第二段的He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage （车厢） subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.可知，年轻人看到房卡后就看车厢的地图，然后伸出三根手指头。说明年轻人已经知道作者的意思，故选择A。

3.B 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，年轻人虽然不会说英语却帮助了作者，由此可判断选项A、C、D都是正确的。故选择B，年轻人并不粗鲁。

4.主旨大意题。通过对整篇文章的理解可知，作者就是讲述了自己在北京的冒险经历，故选择D。

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