Question

   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 to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circles 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 ever 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 direction

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

A.尴尬 B.困惑 C.激动 D.拮据

4.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 direction.

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

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

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

作者方向感很差，所以从来不敢给别人指路，当人们问路的时候，她就会说她也是生人。但是有一次一个人问的是她工作的地方，她还是像以前那样回答，当两个人再见面的时候，作者感到非常的尴尬。

1.推理判断题。根据短文的开头Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them以及短文第三段中So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions可知，作者经常拒绝给别人指示方向是因为她自己方向感很差，怕给别人指错了路。故应选D。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第四段中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，在作者上班的路上，一个人喊住了她，是想向她问路。故应选D。

3.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子Imagine how embarrassed I was以及上下文的意思可知，当那个人向作者问路的时候，作者像往常一样说自己也是陌生人，不认识路。但是事实上那个地方是作者工作的地方，因此当他们再见面的时候，作者会感到非常的尴尬。embarrassed尴尬的，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据短文的开头Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them可知，作者的方向感很差，故B选项是正确的。