Question

    Some people have a poor sense of direction. ____, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may ____ get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the ____. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope ____ by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now, I am no longer too ____ to ask people for directions, but I often receive ____ 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 ____. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. ____, 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 was ____ with the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how ____ he was when we saw each other again!

1.A.Generally B.Happily C.Unluckily D.Importantly

2.A.already B.still C.just D.yet

3.A.question B.problem C.information D.way

4.A.that B.which C.what D.when

5.A.Pleased B.shy C.patient D.brave

6.A.useful B.boring C.careless D.helpless

7.A.reply B.question C.mistake D.request

8.A.Since B.Because C.So D.However

9.A.showing B.asking C.talking D.speaking

10.A.surprised B.scared C.interested D.excited

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.A

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了作者因为自己的方向感太差怕给别人指错路而不愿给人指路，结果有一天一个人问他的路正是他办公的地方，但作者没告诉他，结果见面后作者感到很尴尬。

1.句意：不幸地是，我就是他们中的一个。

考查副词辨析。A. Generally普遍地；B. Happily高兴地；C. Unluckily不幸地；D. Importantly不重要的。根据上文“Some people have a poor sense of direction.”及“I am one of them.”可知“I am one of them.”是不幸发生在自己身上的事情，故选C。

2.句意：我去过一个地方很多次，但下次可能仍然会迷路。

考查副词辨析。A. already已经；B. still仍然；C. just恰恰；D. yet还，用于否定句或者疑问句。根据上文作者介绍自己是个没有方向感的人，可知此处指他仍然可能会迷路，故选B。

3.句意： 当我还是个小孩时，我不敢向陌生人问路。

A. question疑问；B. problem问题；C. information信息；D. way方法，路。根据后文“so I used to walk round in circle and hope ___4___ by chance I would get to the place I was going to.”可知作者不敢问路，故选D。

4.句意：所以我经常绕着圈子走，希望有机会能到我要去的地方。

A. that那个；B. which哪个；C. what什么；D. when何时。hope + that+从句，结合句意，故选A。

5.句意：现在，我不再羞于向别人问路了。

考查形容词辨析。 A. Pleased感到满意的；B. shy害羞的；C. patient有耐心的；D. brave勇敢的。too…to…太……而不能……，结合上文可知此处指不再害羞而不问路了，故选B。

6.句意：但我经常收到无助甚至错误的信息。

考查形容词辨析。 A. useful有用的；B. boring无聊的；C. careless粗心的；D. helpless无助的。根据并列部分“even wrong information”及后文导致的结果“So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions”可知此处指“没有帮助的信息”，故选D。

7.句意：我给了他平时的回复。

考查名词辨析。A. reply答复；B. question问题；C. mistake错误；D. request请求。根据上文“He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building.”可知此处指作者给出了通常的回复，故选A。

8.句意：我没有时间回头去找他。

考查连词。A. Since自从；B. Because因为；C. So所以；D. However然而。根据上文作者已经意识到那人问的是去自己办公室的路，而后文没有时间回头找他，可知此处表示转折，故选D。

9.句意：当我刚到办公室时，秘书和那个问我路的人正好出现。

考查动词辨析。A. showing展示；B. asking问；C. talking拿走；D. speaking说。此处指作者进入办公室时，秘书和那个问路的人正好出现，故选A。

10.句意：想象一下当我们彼此再次见面时我是多么尴尬，他是多么的吃惊。

考查形容词辨析。A. surprised感到吃惊的；B. scared感到害怕的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. excited激动的，兴奋的。对比选项，可知问路的人看到了没有给自己指路的人就是他要见的人感到吃惊，故选A。