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.ª¥

    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.

¢ñChoose the best answer according to the passage.

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 cityª¤

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 saidª¤

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 writerª¤

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.ª¤

B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman¡¯s help.ª¤

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

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

5.In your opinion, what was the writer¡¯s real trouble?

A. He didn¡¯t know the city at all.            B. He couldn¡¯t speak the language.ª¤

C. He went too far in the wrong bus.          D.He followed the policeman¡¯s direction.

¢òComplete the sentences according to the passage.

1. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, ______.ª¤

2. About an hour passed and I noticed that ______ and green fields were appearing on either side of me.

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¢ñ1. C     2. B          3. A        4. C      5. Bª¤

¢ò1. And even that I pronounced badlyª¤

2. the houses were getting fewer and fewer