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【題目】Kindness is not always a straight line. I was traveling in a city of Central America with a friend, and we were looking for a post office. we were standing on a street corner and did not know what the Spanish word for “post office” was. One kind man could see we were in difficulty and came up to us. We tried to explain what we were looking for, and he said, “Oh, yes, yes.” He led us down all these little streets. It seemed like we walked for miles. Finally, he pointed us to a building without any name on it. But when we went in, we found it was not a post office.

When we walked out and were again standing around looking lost, a woman soon came up and asked if we needed help. Again we tried to explained where we were going. The woman said she could help us. Then we followed her to another building which also had no name and we found it was not a post office, either. At this point we decided not to listen to anybody else.

But then another person came up and said, “I can help you.” We said, “No, thank you.”But he didn't listen to us. He actually caught me by the hand and pulled me through the streets. Circling around, we came back to the first corner we had been standing on when we began. He pointed across the street, and there was the post office.

【1】How many people helped the writer and his friends look for a post office in the story?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

【2】How did the first kind man help them?

A. He helped them find the post office. B. He led them down all the little streets.

C. He forced them to walk for miles alone. D. He taught them to speak Spanish.

【3】The woman led them to another wrong place because ________.

A. she wanted to fool them B. she wanted to sell things

C. she didn’t know the way D. she wanted to play a joke

【4】What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Kindness is not always a straight line.

B. Don’t listen to anybody else easily.

C. We must learn its language of a foreign country.

D. It’s important to stand where we are at first.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 A

【解析】

短文主要講述了作者在異鄉(xiāng)的一次經(jīng)歷。當(dāng)作者在中美洲旅游時(shí)，由于不懂當(dāng)?shù)卣Z(yǔ)言，在尋找郵局時(shí)遇到了困難，幸好當(dāng)?shù)厝擞押蒙屏嫉膸椭�，雖然前兩個(gè)人都找錯(cuò)了地方，第三個(gè)人還是幫助找到了郵局，及時(shí)解決了作者的困難。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的句子“One kind man could see we were in difficulty and came up to us.”第二段中的句子“Again we tried to explained where we were going. The woman said she could help us.”第三段中的句子But then another person came up and said,“I can help you.”可知，故事中有三個(gè)人幫助作者和他的朋友尋找郵局，答案為B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子“He led us down all these little streets. It seemed like we walked for miles.”可知，第一個(gè)人帶他們走遍了所有的小街。答案為B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子“Then we followed her to another building which also had no name and we found it was not a post office, either.”可知，幫助他們的那個(gè)婦女也不知道路，故答案為C。

【4】主旨大意題。短文的第一句“Kindness is not always a straight line.”是本文的主旨句，短文都是圍繞這一主題展開，故答案選A。