Question

Kindness is not always a straight line. I was traveling in a city of Central America with a friend, and we were looking for a post office. we were standing on a street corner and did not know what the Spanish word for “post office” was. One kind man could see we were in difficulty and came up to us. We tried to explain what we were looking for, and he said, “Oh, yes, yes.” He led us down all these little streets. It seemed like we walked for miles. Finally, he pointed us to a building without any name on it. But when we went in, we found it was not a post office.

When we walked out and were again standing around looking lost, a woman soon came up and asked if we needed help. Again we tried to explained where we were going. The woman said she could help us. Then we followed her to another building which also had no name and we found it was not a post office, either. At this point we decided not to listen to anybody else.

But then another person came up and said, “I can help you.” We said, “No, thank you.”But he didn't listen to us. He actually caught me by the hand and pulled me through the streets. Circling around, we came back to the first corner we had been standing on when we began. He pointed across the street, and there was the post office.

1.How many people helped the writer and his friends look for a post office in the story?

A. Two.    B. Three.    C. Four.    D. Five.

2.How did the first kind man help them?

A. He helped them find the post office.    B. He led them down all the little streets.

C. He forced them to walk for miles alone.    D. He taught them to speak Spanish.

3.The woman led them to another wrong place because ________.

A. she wanted to fool them    B. she wanted to sell things

C. she didn’t know the way    D. she wanted to play a joke

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Kindness is not always a straight line.

B. Don’t listen to anybody else easily.

C. We must learn its language of a foreign country.

D. It’s important to stand where we are at first.

Answer

1. B

2. B

3. C

4. A

【解析】

短文主要讲述了作者在异乡的一次经历。当作者在中美洲旅游时，由于不懂当地语言，在寻找邮局时遇到了困难，幸好当地人友好善良的帮助，虽然前两个人都找错了地方，第三个人还是帮助找到了邮局，及时解决了作者的困难。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的句子“One kind man could see we were in difficulty and came up to us.”第二段中的句子“Again we tried to explained where we were going. The woman said she could help us.”第三段中的句子But then another person came up and said,“I can help you.”可知，故事中有三个人帮助作者和他的朋友寻找邮局，答案为B。

2.细节理解题。根据文中句子“He led us down all these little streets. It seemed like we walked for miles.”可知，第一个人带他们走遍了所有的小街。答案为B。

3.细节理解题。根据文中句子“Then we followed her to another building which also had no name and we found it was not a post office, either.”可知，帮助他们的那个妇女也不知道路，故答案为C。

4.主旨大意题。短文的第一句“Kindness is not always a straight line.”是本文的主旨句，短文都是围绕这一主题展开，故答案选A。