Question

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something,“I’m awfully sorry,”I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1.The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_________.

A．she might be recognized

B．asking for help looked silly

C．she was normal and independent

D．being fond blind was embarrassing

2.After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.

A．began to run

B．hit a person as usual

C．hit a lamppost by accident

D．was caught by something

3.At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.

A．stopped a big lorry

B．stopped the wrong bus

C．made no attempt to stop the bus

D．was not noticed by other people

4.What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A．Other vehicles also stopped there.

B．It was unreliable for making judgments.

C．More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

D．It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

5.Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping__________.

A．to find people there

B．to find more buses there

C．to find the bus by herself there

D．to find people more helpful there

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】此文是記敘文，敘述盲人作者因為害羞而不愿向別人求助的故事。

1.細節理解題。由本文第一句（I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. ）可知。其中 ashamed 與embarrassing 屬于同義重現。

2.細節理解題。由第二段前三句，特別是第三句（When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost）可知。

3.細節理解題。由But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by.可知，其中give up與no attempt to 屬于同義重現。

4.推理判斷題。由Sometimes I would stop a big lorry可知，靠聲音來判斷有時是靠不住的。

5.推理判斷題。從I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself可知，她本人不想攔車了，又由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help可知，她是決定找人幫忙了，而在本站沒有人，去下一站當然就是希望在那里可以找到人幫忙。此題易錯選D，其中的more helpful 表達有誤。