Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have 1 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 2 sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still manage to get 3 on my way there.

When I was young I was 4 shy that I never dared ask complete strangers 5 and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some 6 I would get to the spot I was heading for.

I am 7 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 8 telling you the way even if they do not know it;others, 9 are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long　 10　 of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember;and　 11　 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 　12 　direction to that 13 you should be going.

If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere,I always tell them that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid 14 them wrong directions, but even this can have embarrassing(令人难堪的)results.

Once I was on my way to work 15 I was stopped by a man who asked me 16 I would direct him to the Sunlight Building.I gave my 17 reply,but I had not walked on a few steps when I 18 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 　19　 .

Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the 20 man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

(　 )1.(A)just　　　 (B)only　　 (C)already　 (D)ever

(　 )2.(A)good　　　 (B)distant　 (C)poor　　 (D)fine

(　 )3.(A)lost　　　 (B)disappeared　　 (C)stuck　 (D)started

(　 )4.(A)a bit　　　 (B)such　　 (C)very　　 (D)so

(　 )5.(A)a way　　　 (B)the way　 (C)way　　　 (D)a direction

(　 )6.(A)opportunity　　　 (B)fortune

(C)possibility　　　 (D)chance

(　 )7.(A)no longer　　　　 (B)no more

(C)not in the least　 (D)neither

( 　)8.(A)in　　　　 (B)for　　　 (C)on　　　 (D)of

(　 )9.(A)whom　　　 (B)which　　 (C)that　　 (D)who

(　 )10.(A)line　　　 (B)page　　 (C)list　　 (D)chapter

(　 )11.(A)more　　　 (B)still　　 (C)yet　　　 (D)further

(　 )12.(A)opposed　 (B)same　　 (C)other　　 (D)opposite

(　 )13.(A)in which　 (B)on which (C)to which (D)for which

( 　)14.(A)to give　　　　　 (B)giving

(C)to be giving　　 (D)having given

(　 )15.(A)while　　 (B)when　　 (C)as　　　 (D)then

(　 )16.(A)that　　　 (B)as if　　 (C)if　　　 (D)where

(　 )17.(A)same　　　 (B)common　 (C)known　　 (D)usual

(　 )18.(A)realized　　　　 (B)recognized

(C)believed　　　　 (D)considered

(　 )19.(A)to wait (B)waiting　 (C)be waiting　　 (D)waited

(　 )20.(A)only　　 (B)certain　 (C)very　　 (D)one

15.　　 danger man is often much wiser than usual.

(A)In a time of　　　　 (B)In the times of

(C)In the time of　　　 (D)In time of

14. 　　got into the room,　　 the telephone rang.

(A)He hardly had,then

(B)Hardly had he,when

(C)He had not,than

(D)Not had he,when

13.Three-fourths of the surface of the earth　　 sea.

(A)is　　　　　　 (B)are

(C)were　　　　　 (D)has been

12.Is this the house　　 Shakespeare was born?

(A)at where　　　 (B)which

(C)in which　　　 (D)at which

11.The roof fell　　　　 he had time to dash into the room to save his baby.

(A)after　　　　 (B)as

(C)before　　　　 (D)until

10.Upon graduation he asked to be sent to　　 .

(A)where he is most needed

(B)where he needed

(C)where he is mostly needed

(D)where is he mostly needed

9.The rice　　　　 if you had been more careful.

(A)would not be burning

(B)would not burn

(C)Would not have been burnt

(D)would not burnt

8.I don't regret　　 even if it might have upset her.

(A)to tell her what I thought

(B)to have told her that I thought

(C)telling what I thought

(D)telling her what I thought

7.He was disappointed to find his suggestions　　　　 .

(A)been turned down　 (B)turned down

(C)to be turned down　 (D)to turn down