The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to

16　 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to

rain．The rain had not stopped l7 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant

stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was l8 on the

seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt 19

for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 20　

the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an

umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she 21 to buy another as a present

for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 22 and had lunch in a restaurant.

　 In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she 23 that, by a curious coincidence(巧台)，she was

sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 24 that morning.

　　 That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good

25 ,” she said.

16. A. keep　　 B. bring　　 C. take　　 D. leave

17. A. before　 B. until　　 C. though D. when

18. A. hanging　 B. appearing C. dropping　 D. losing

19. A. angry　　 B. sorry　　 C. lucky　 D. glad

20. A. reply　 B．call　　　 C. suggestion D. look

21. A．promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered

22.A.hiking　 B. shopping　 C. trying D. searching

23.A.meant　 B. explained　 C. saw　 D. forgot

24. A .jealous　 B. bored　　 C. satisfied D. uncomfortable

25.A.day　　　 B. meal　　 C .Journey D. present

　　　 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. 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!

41. The writer always refuses to give people directions because 　　　　 .

　 A.she's a strange 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.

42A 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 directions.

43The Friendship Building is the place where the writer 　　　　 　.

A.lives　　 B.studies　　 C.works　　 D.teaches

44The word "embarrassed" 　in the last paragraph means "　　　　　 " .

A.尴尬　　 B.困惑　　 C.激动　　 D.拮据

45Which 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 directions

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

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