Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have just visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unfortunate people who have a very poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there.
When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hoped that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they do not know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere,I always tell him/her that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving him/her wrong directions, but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building.
However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search him out of the crowd behind me, as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
1.The author seems to be very frustrated by the fact that ____.
A. he is poor at giving directions
B. he is too shy to ask for direction to improve his sense of it
C. he is jealous of those who have excellent sense of direction
D. he is not born with an adequate sense of direction
2.Poor in recognizing the way, the author managed to ___.
A. go without asking anyone the way in the street
B. lose himself even visiting a place repeatedly
C. show others the way when necessary
D. go to his office all by himself
3.The author prefers not to ask the way now because ___.
A. he knows many people are just like him
B. he has been used to getting lost
C. he finds it hard to trust strangers
D. few people can give effective instructions
4.An example is given to show the narrator’s ___.
A. embarrassing encounter
B. successful escape
C. poor sense of direction
D. stupid response
5.The tone of the story is ___.
A. helpless B. proud
C. anxious D. humorous
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Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unlucky people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the place I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit(承认)that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite(相反的)direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
1.What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
A.He will direct the right way to the person willingly. | B.He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town. | C.He will give the very person long list of direction. | D.He is going to show the man an opposite direction. |
2.Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
A.Because of his poor sense of direction. |
B.Because he always forget the way to home. |
C.Because he did not have any friend. |
D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way. |
3.How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
A.He felt strange. | B.He felt embarrassed. |
C.He felt very sad. | D.He felt astonished. |
4.Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
A.Someone we don’t know. | B.The writer did it for himself. | C.The secretary did so. | D.A warm-hearted old lady did itI. |
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Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have just visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unfortunate people who have a very poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get lost on my way there.
When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hoped that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they do not know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere,I always tell him/her that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving him/her wrong directions, but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building.
However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search him out of the crowd behind me, as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
1.The author seems to be very frustrated by the fact that ____.
A. he is poor at giving directions
B. he is too shy to ask for direction to improve his sense of it
C. he is jealous of those who have excellent sense of direction
D. he is not born with an adequate sense of direction
2.Poor in recognizing the way, the author managed to ___.
A. go without asking anyone the way in the street
B. lose himself even visiting a place repeatedly
C. show others the way when necessary
D. go to his office all by himself
3.The author prefers not to ask the way now because ___.
A. he knows many people are just like him
B. he has been used to getting lost
C. he finds it hard to trust strangers
D. few people can give effective instructions
4.An example is given to show the narrator’s ___.
A. embarrassing encounter
B. successful escape
C. poor sense of direction
D. stupid response
5.The tone of the story is ___.
A. helpless B. proud
C. anxious D. humorous
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Maggie was born with her hair curly, _____ her mother considered to be a great piece of good luck.
A. which B. what
C. that D. when
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Since having my son, I have found that I am always lucky enough to be surrounded by people willing to help.
When he was eight weeks old, I had a(n) ________ to meet with a TV producer in New York City to talk about my career. It was Monday. Could I, a young mother with a newborn, _________ from my home outside Boston to meet him on Wednesday? It was a ________ chance. So I said yes.
Honestly, it was ________. My son hated being in the car seat and ate very ________ during the long ride. ________we spent a comfortable Tuesday night at my parents’ house in Connecticut, which is halfway between Boston and New York. When we ________New York, I handed my son over to my friend from college. A dad himself, he ________him in a coffee shop during my________. Everything went fine thanks to his help.
When my son was four months old, my best friend was going through a difficult time. So I decided to fly to Florida to ________her. Without my husband, who had to work, I was ________to fly with the baby. But I figured it couldn’t be ________than driving to New York when he was a newborn, and I had gotten through that.
________, people I met on our trip were endlessly________. On the flight down, the airline worker got me an extra________because the flight wasn’t full. A nice lady sitting close to us ________him while I went to the bathroom. Taxi drivers helped me fasten his car seat and loaded the awkward pushchair in their trunks. To________my son, my friend borrowed a lot of toys. We spent four ________days in Florida.
If you want an opportunity to see the ________in people, try taking a b aby on a trip. In my experience, when face-to-face, most people sincerely want to ________each other.
1.A. wish B. trip C. appointment D. opportunity
2.A. walk B. drive C. fly D. ship
3.A. reasonable B. realistic C. rare D. slight
4.A. exciting B. boring C. tough D. plain
5.A. quickly B. hurriedly C. rudely D. frequently
6.A. And B. But C. As D. So
7.A. touched B. visited C. left D. missed
8.A. hunted for B. looked after C. laughed at D. called on
9.A. working B. meeting C. showing D. preparing
10.A. accept B. save C. wake D. comfort
11.A. upset B. puzzled C. nervous D. surprised
12.A. easier B. worse C. longer D. later
13.A. Amazingly B. Strangely C. Amusingly D. Instantly
14.A. useful B. hopeful C. cheerful D. helpful
15.A. cup B. seat C. blanket D. meal
16.A. taught B. moved C. watched D. loved
17.A. please B. attract C. know D. support
18.A. busy B. wonderful C. safe D. quiet
19.A. good B. fun C. secret D. smile
20.A. get hold of B. catch up with C. take care of D. make friends with
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You are lucky enough to escape ______ after making such a mistake.
A.from punishing B.from being punished
C.being punished D.punished
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Some advertisements_______pictures or words of experts to show people how good the products are.
A.are consisted of | B.are made of | C.consist of | D.are made up |
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In our day-to-day lives, we must interact with a wide variety of people. Some of them are easy to get along with, but others can be more challenging. It' s impossible to like everyone.1.With the right attitude and good social skills, you really can get along with just about everyone.
2.People with a genuinely positive attitude are seen as more attractive and charming by others. The more you can cultivate this outlook in your own life, the more people will like you.
Don't make promises you can't keep. It can be difficult to say no to people, especially when you want to get along with everyone and may whole-heartedly want to say yes to everything.3.This is part of communicating effectively.
Respect differences between people. Accepting the fact that people are different from you, and that doesn't make them wrong, is part of having a positive attitude. The difference may be in terms of behavior, culture, or opinion. These differences are not only okay.4.
Keep it short.5.And one of the best ways to get along with difficult people is not to spend any more time with them than necessary. You arc less likely to have a conflict with them if you spend less time with them.
A. Develop a positive outlook.
B. They make life more interesting.
C. Find out before you judge them for yourself.
D. But there are ways to say no without being mean.
E. Some people are a lot harder to get along with than others.
F. Yet sometimes we have to get along with people whether we like them or not
G. When you have to interact with difficult people, do your best to keep it fact-based
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As for older people, some of the applications(应用程序)are hard to use because they didn't grow up with them. They don't have simple models of how it should work. They don't know what to do when it doesn't work.
I think there is huge potential, so I have designed some for them. The ability to connect to friends, who remember the same movies, news and music, is really important, especially as people get older. They end up in retirement homes and they aren't always close to their friends. Allowing the network to help them connect with friends and family members is a really powerful thing.
My wife likes using the Internet, although it took me years to get her to use e-mail. She was born with normal hearing, but lost it when she was three years old. She was totally deaf for many years until 53 when she got ear implants(移植).They work really well. That is a big change for her. Before then, her friends couldn't call her on the phone, so they insisted that she use e-mails to communicate with them.
The younger people don't even think of this as technology. It's just there, and they use it .There's been a very interesting change in communication styles between the old and the young .A woman named Sharryturkle wrote about this phenomenon(现象).There are some kids who are now in their teens and are tending not to make phone calls. And they think of e-mail as old-fashioned and slow.
The reason why teens don't make phone calls seems to be that they don't know what to say. When they call they often pause for a while. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it's OK if you don't answer. You might have been distracted(心烦意乱的).It's not considered rude, but it's considered unusual if you're in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talling.
1. We can infer from the text that the author is a____.
A. company manger B. program designer
C. college professor D. family doctor
2. Why did the author's wife connect with others by e-mail? Because she______.
A. didn't like to talk on the phone
B. didn't know how to use the phone
C. couldn't move or meet with her friends
D. was deaf and couldn't hear others on the phone
3. What do the young people think of the Internet according to the text?
A. Interesting. B. Amazing.
C.Common. D. Dull.
4. What is the best way for the teens to communicate with others?
A. Sending e-mail. B. Making phone call.
C. Writing letters. D. Sending text messages.
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Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.
Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .
“What have I done wrong ?” Mr. Dodds asked himself . “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”
“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”
1.From the passage we know that his sister ______.
A. lives in the next town with her husband and son
B. is the only member of the family that he knows
C. never writes back to him
D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband
2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays” means ____.
A. he has not forgotten Mark’s seventeenth birthday.
B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday
C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark’s birthday
D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday
3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was ______.
A. driving home from the bank
B. parking his car
C. ready to make his evening meal
D. just about to shut the front door
4.The policeman was there _______.
A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle
B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars
C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle
D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank
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Really organized people are not born organized people. They have to develop some habits ,which then help them stay organized. 1. .
Write things down. A pen and a notebook are needed to record things. 2. . You will only further make your life complex(复杂的) by trying to contain important dates and messages in your head.
3. . By leading a cluttered(杂乱的) lifestyle, you will not have the time or space to make your deadlines or achieve your goals. Organized people don’t waste time.
They recognize that keeping things organized goes hand in hand with staying productive( 富有成效的). They make and keep schedules for the day and week. They make deadlines and set goals. 4. .
Don’t put off doing what you should be doing . 5.. If you want your life to be less stressful, then take action as soon as you can. Put in effort to get things done as soon as possible.
Give everything a home. People who live organized lives only keep what they need and what they really want .Have you ever felt like you don’t have the space to keep all the things you own? Instead of buying a larger house, get rid of some.
A. The longer you wait to do something, the more difficult it will be to get it done
B. Keep only what you need
C. Organized people find time every week to organize their things
D. Here are four habits they use to keep their lives in order
E. And most importantly , they stick to them
F. Make schedules and deadlines
G. You can also use a computer or a smart phone
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