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.
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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
C.He went too far in the wrong bus. |
D.He followed the policeman’s direction. |