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.
【小题1】What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
　  

　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 unfortunate 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 spot 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 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 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.
　　60. 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.
　　61. 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.
　　62. 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.
　　63. 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 it.

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?

2.Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

3.How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

4.Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

　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 unfortunate 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 spot 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 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 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.

　　60. 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.

　　61. 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.

　　62. 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.

　　63. 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 it.

The professor’s house，big and untidy，stood alone at one end of a huge garden.The place was totally uncared for，quite 　1 and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 2

my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.

I was glad that I had found him. In twenty minutes he 　3 me right on all the 　4

that had puzzled me. I was on the 　5 of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said，“You’re very fond of gardening，I see.”

“No，I’m not，” he said.“ 6 ，I love this garden，though. It’s 　7 I always wanted it to be. I never touch it at all.”

“It could be made lovely. It 8 a pity to let all this ground go to waste. But perhaps you don’t 　9 that way?” said I.

“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child，and I had 　10 of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby，you see. Unfortunately，he wasn’t 　11 enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade（叶片） of grass was an enemy to be 　12 by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”

“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”

“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the 13 it had. It used to 　14

me. It appeared in my dreams—a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was 　15 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”

“And now it’s yours，you’re just letting it go to... ”

“ 16 ?” he said.“No，I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like 17 it grow 18 its own way. I make no demands on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has 19 at last, and so have I.”

“But the path is over grown. It’s inconvenient for you，isn’t it?”

“That’s part of my 20 ，” he laughed.“You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”

1. A. wild 　　　　　　　　　 B. crazy 　　　　　　　　　　 C. large 　　　　　　　　　　 D. nice

2. A. lost　　　　　　　 B. felt　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. made

3. A. let 　　　　　　　 B. put 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. taught　　　　　　　　　　 D. explained

4. A. gardening 　　　　　 B. plants 　　　　　　　　　　 C. problems 　　　　　　　 D. solution

5. A. time 　　　　　　　　　 B. point 　　　　　　　　　　 C. permission 　　　　　　 D. request

6. A. Even if 　　　　 B. So 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. As though 　　　　　　　 D. Even so

7. A. as 　　　　　　　 B. where 　　　　　　　　　　 C. why 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. whether

8. A. seems 　　　　　　　　 B. is 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. proves 　　　　　　　　　 D. sounds

9. A. recognize　　　　　　 B. sense 　　　　　　　　　　 C. see 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. know

10. A. fond 　　　　　　　　 B. short 　　　　　　　 C. free 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. enough

11. A. interested　　　　　 B. fit 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. content 　　　　　　　　　 D. demanding

12. A. fought against 　 B. cleared up 　　　 C. rooted out 　　　 D. cut down

13. A. effect 　　　　　　　 B. reason 　　　　　　　　　 C. cause 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. result

14. A. astonish 　　　　　 B. shock 　　　　　　　　　　 C. worry 　　　　　　　　　 D. disappoint

15. A. thought 　　　　　　 B. supposed 　　　　　　　 C. ordered 　 D. expected

16. A. Sell　　　　　　　　　　 B. Develop 　　　　　　　　 C. Grow 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ruin

17. A. noticing 　　　　　　 B. attending　　　　　　　　 C. watering 　 D. watching

18. A. on 　　　　　　　　　 B. in 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. with 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. of

19. A. freedom 　　　　　 B. time 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. sunlight 　　　　　 D. space

20. A. life 　　　　　　　　　 B. pleasure 　　　　　　　　 C. job 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. research