Now I’m in a new school. And I go to school from Monday to  【小题1】  （周五）as usual . The new school is next to the Xin Hua Bookstore. There is a big park across from our school. And there are three buildings in our school—the    【小题2】  （学生的）building , the teachers’ building and a library building. My friends and I like    【小题3】  （阅读）in the library after school. The teachers in our school are very good and strict. And the students in our school work    【小题4】  （努力）every day. Our schoolyard is very beautiful, like a garden. You can see   【小题5】  （很多）trees and flowers in it. If you come to our school    【小题6】  （从．．．）the airport, You can    【小题7】   （乘坐）a taxi and go down the highway. Go across the bridge and turn    【小题8】  （左边）then go straight along the New Bridge Street. Our school is about    【小题9】  （三）hundred meters along on the right. It’s    【小题10】  （容易）to find it. Welcome to our school!

Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don’t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is just across the bus stop.”
In the Midwest of America, usually there are not many landmarks. So people will tell you directions(方向) and distance. In Kansas(堪萨斯州), for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map. They measure(测量) distance by telling time. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
People in Greece(希腊) sometimes do not even try to give directions because few visitors understand the Greek language. Instead of giving you the direction, a Greek will often say, “Follow me.” Then he’ll lead you through the streets of the city to the post office.
Sometimes a person doesn’t know the answer to your question. A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico(墨西哥), no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan think “I don’t know” is not polite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
One thing will help you everywhere. You might not understand a person’s words, but maybe you can understand his body language. He or she will usually turn and then point in the correct direction. Go on in that direction, and you may find the post office!
【小题1】What do you think of the word “landmarks” mean?