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 around 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(秘书) 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.
小题1:The writer always refuses to give people directions because _____________.
| A．she is 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 direction |
小题2: A man stopped the writer on the way to _____________.
| A．sell her something | B．ask her the time |
| C．make friends with her | D．ask for the direction |
小题3:The Friendship Building is the place where the writer ______________.
| A．lives | B．studies | C．works | D．teaches |
小题4:The words “embarrassed” in the paragraph means “___________”.
小题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 direction. |
| C．The writer never got lost when she was young. |
| D．The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer. |