Question

A few months after we moved to a small city in France, I wanted to meet my husband for lunch at the university where he worked. I got lost. I had to call him for help. One of his friends said to him later, “How could she get lost? She just needed to go straight.”

Well, no. That’s the problem. You never “just go straight”, because France is the land of roundabouts (弯道). Highways, major streets, little village lanes – if you go straight long enough, you’ll end up going in circles.

Even after a year here, I’d still get lost going to the grocery store, or just about anywhere that wasn’t within a hundred yards of my house.

I admit I have a horrible sense of direction, can’t read a map, and am not such a good driver. Plus, I’ve been spoiled (宠坏) by living in American cities, where you just indeed need to “go straight”. But in France, driving became my nightmare — the roads are roundabouts within roundabouts.

Finally I found a solution: a GPS program on my smart phone. I rely on it to get anywhere, even places I’ve been.

But it does leave me feeling very bad and helpless when, often, the program doesn’t work, can’t find a GPS signal, or gives wrong information. I’d have to wait until my GPS gets recovered, or else I use my old solution: I call my husband. Is the GPS making us more stupid, or helping us going around more? In my case, it’s probably both.

1.The friend of the writer’s husband’s thought ________.

A. the roundabouts were confusing    B. the way to the university was simple

C. she didn’t lose her way    D. she was a foolish woman

2.The writer thinks if one just “goes straight” in France, he will probably ________.

A. arrive at his destination at last    B. come back to where he starts

C. find his way out of the city    D. end up in a grocery store

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the writer?

A. She lacks the sense of direction.

B. She once lived in a different country.

C. She has stayed in France for more than a year.

D. She has already got used to the French way of life.

4.What does the writer think of the GPS program?

A. It’s a satisfactory solution to her problem.

B. It improves her sense of direction.

C. It doesn’t always work very well.

D. It is a useless device for her.

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】作者方向感极差，经常迷路，后来作者借助全球定位系统出行，但是这个全球定位系统有时不能正常工作，作者只好等系统好了再让它指路，这又让作者产生了这个系统到底是有害还是有益的疑问。

1.B. 细节题。由第一段最后一句话“How could she get lost? She just needed to go straight”可知，在作者老公的朋友看来，去大学的路非常的简单，一直直走就可以了。故选B。

2.B. 细节题。由第二段最后一句话可知：如果你一直往前走，你将会兜圈子又回到原地，故选B。

3.D. 细节题。由文章最后一段“Maybe one day I’ll figure out the French way of life.”可知，作者目前并没有适应法国的生活，因此D项不符合原文。

4.C. 细节题。由“but it does leave me feeling very bad and helpless…”可知，GPS并不一直起作用，故选C。