1 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.
After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.
In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.
All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.
This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.
1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?| A．Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip |
| B．Because the network covered most of the stops |
| C．Because he lived near the city center |
| D．Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness |
| A．still remained puzzled | B．understood the author well |
| C．answered the author directly | D．pointed at the subway map |
| A．helpful. | B．impolite. | C．warm-hearted. | D．responsible. |
| A．To prove the importance of being careful |
| B．To introduce a young man who didn’t know English |
| C．To complain some cultural misunderstanding |
| D．To describe one of his adventurous experiences |
1. How many people are there in Peter’s family?
| A．3. | B．4. | C．5. |
| A．On Friday. | B．On Saturday. | C．On Sunday. |
| A．Doing the laundry. | B．Cooking food. | C．Sweeping the floor. |
1. What is the man doing?
| A．Comforting the woman. | B．Asking for information. | C．Finding the damaged bike. |
| A．He didn’t drive fast. |
| B．He managed to save a boy. |
| C．He had a poor view of the road. |
| A．Frightening. | B．Interesting. | C．Boring. |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
| A．At a hotel. | B．At an airport. | C．At a police station. |
| A．Wait where she is. |
| B．Make a request for the loss. |
| C．Give him her telephone number. |
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Dear Alex,
I’m glad to learn that you’re going to pay a visit to Yinchuan.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
