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     Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily,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!

() 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 directions

() 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   B. 困惑

   C. 激动   D. 拮据

() 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 directions.

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

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

Answer 1

B    阅读提示：本文讲述了作者所经历的一件尴尬事儿。作者因方向感差，担心给问路人指错方向，故当路人向她问路时，她总是以自 己对此地也很陌生为由，不给路人指路。有一次一个男人问去她办公楼的路时，她依然以常用的借口没给他指路，而此人恰恰是去办公室找她的人。两人见面时，作者感到非常尴尬。

1. D 细节理解题。由第三段的“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. ’”可知，作者不给问路人指路的 原因是自己方向感差，怕给问路人指错了路，故选D项。

2. D细节理解题。由第四段的“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. ”可知，这个男人拦住作者是问去友谊大厦的路怎么走，故选D项。

3. C 推理判断题。由第四段的“He asked me if I could tell him the way to

the Friendship Building."及 “... I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. ”可知，友谊大厦是作者的办公楼，也就是作者工作的地方，故选C项。

4. A词义猜测题。由第四段的“I gave him my usual reply. ”及第五段的“When I just got to my office,the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. ”可知，此处表示两人见面时，作 者感到很尴尬，故选A项。

5. B 细节理解题。由第一段的“Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily,I am one of them."可知，作者属于方向感 很差的人之一，故B项正确。