Question

I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person.I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.?

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.

1.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.

A. he had no money to buy a ticket

B. he wanted to lose himself in the city

C. he tried to know the city in this way

D. it was late and there were no buses passing by

2. The newspaper-seller______.

A. didn’t know where the hotel was

B. didn’t understand what the writer said

C. could understand what the writer said

D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer

3. From the story we know that the policeman______.

A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer

B. told the writer where to take a train

C. knew what the writer really meant

D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.

B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.

C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.

D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:在本文中作者講述了自己的一段經歷。一次他來到一個陌生的城市，而且不懂的那地方的語言。在第二天外出時，他坐車走了幾站后，決定下車步行去多了解一些當地的風土人情，但不幸地是，他卻迷路了，因為語言不通，幾次問路未果，反而越走越遠，幾乎到了郊區。

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3. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again.可以推斷警察非常友善，但是不懂作者的話，答案選A。

4. 推理判斷題。根據最后段的描述可知作者到了人煙稀少的地方，The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.由此推斷作者遠離了城市，離旅館越來越遠了，選C。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀。