Question

After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English of course a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (車廂) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into bad luck.

1.The author decided to take the subway because ________.

A. he lived near the city center

B. the network covered most of the stops

C. he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

D. he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2.Having been shown the room card, the young man_________.

A. understood the author well

B. still remained puzzled

C. answered the author directly

D. pointed at the subway map

3. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A. helpful B. rude

C. warmhearted D. caring

4.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is mainly to ________.

A. prove the importance of being careful

B. appreciate the kindness of the young man

C. complain some cultural misunderstanding

D. describe one of his adventurous experiences

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章闡述了一次一個不會說漢語的澳大利亞人在北京乘坐地鐵到酒店時冒險的經歷。不會說漢語作者坐地鐵出門。作者詢問了一個不懂英語的年輕人，期間發生了一些事情使作者決定努力學好中文。

1.細節理解題。根據“With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far.”可知作者是出于自信才決定乘坐地鐵，故選C。

2.2】細節理解題。根據第二段“I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (車廂) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.”可知，當作者展示房卡后，年輕人快速看了一下車廂的地鐵地圖，并且伸出了右手的三根手指頭。因此年輕人理解了作者的意思。故選A。

3.3】觀點態度題。A給予幫助的；B粗魯的，沒禮貌的；C熱心腸的；D有愛心的。根據第二段“In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message.”以及第四段“was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.”可知作者描述了年輕人在作者不知道路以及語言不通的情況下對他細致的幫助，說明年輕人一系列優點，因此不包括粗魯的。故選B

4.4】主旨大意題。由本文可知，作者描寫了自己不會漢語的情況下在北京外出，最后不知道路，詢問一個年輕人，在年輕人幫助下打的回到酒店的事情。根據最后一段“This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into bad luck.”總結可知，作者描述了自己一件比較冒險的經歷。所以選擇答案D。

考點：生活類短文閱讀