I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter(搬运工).  I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “ You’ll soon learn English!” he said. It seems to me that in England each man speaks a different language. The Englishman understand each other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?
【小题1】 How did the writer of the passage get to London?

A．By train

B．On foot

C．By sea

D．By air

III 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）

I was working in a store three years ago. I remember one girl who started 37  there a few months after me. I remember always meeting her. I don’t know 38 but for a strange reason we would never talk. We would just see each other and smile.

She would 39 smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the 40 department again. She 41 as if she was the happiest girl in the world. But I had a strange feeling. So I went up to her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very 42 today and you’re trying to hide it.”

She was shocked as if I had 43 her deepest secret, so we started 44. She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was 45 to hide it and we had a good time together. Time 46 and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had changed her 47 in so many ways, but I could not 48 how it had happened. I would just smile, not understanding what she 49 by that.

Today this girl is one of my best 50. I really don’t know what I would do 51 her. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.

I guess what I’m trying to say is you 52 know when you’re helping yourself. I 53 this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a(n) 54 friend.

So the next time you see a 55and he looks as if he needs 56 who will listen to him, listen to what he has to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.

37. A. playing       B. learning        C. working          D. living  

38. A. why              B. when            C. where                D. how 

39. A. secretly       B. hardly          C. perhaps         D. always 

40. A. great             B. same            C. modern            D. small

41. A. shouted         B. cried           C. spoke             D. smiled 

42. A. happy         B. angry           C. proud             D. sad 

43. A. kept              B. told              C. discovered        D. watched

44. A. talking        B. quarrelling       C. discussing          D. arguing 

45. A. planning      B. trying          C. refusing                D. failing 

46. A. went off        B. went by        C. went up                D. went down 

47. A. life                    B. hobby         C. habit                 D. manner

48. A. introduce       B. promise              C. suggest                D. imagine

49. A. meant        B. wanted         C. offered           D. received

50. A. classmates    B. sisters           C. friends                 D. workers 

51. A. with           B. without         C. through          D. besides 

52. A. often            B. sometimes        C. forever              D. never 

53. A. helped           B. accepted       C. recognized            D. praised 

54. A. kind             B. rich              C. true                  D. honest 

55. A. student       B. stranger        C. manager         D.listener 

56. A. someone        B. anyone         C. none               D.everyone