单选题
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was
known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I
was a teenager girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was
not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me
wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on
their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to
occur on the way to and from work. One evening, I got off the
bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into
something. "I'm awfully sorry," I said and stepped forward only to run into it
again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a
lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me.
So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus
wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there
and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived. Generally in
this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried
to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there
feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my
pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this
particular evening no one joined me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had
suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass,
or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making
a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour
without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next
stop.
单选题
The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ______.
A. she might be recognized
B. asking for help looked silly
C. she was normal and independent
D. being found blind was embarrassing
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 女孩拒绝寻求帮助，因为她说“I was a teenager girl，and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them”，她害怕自己和别人不一样，看起来愚蠢，所以选B。
单选题
After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ______.
A. began to run
B. hit a person as usual
C. hit a lamppost by accident
D. was caught by something
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 当女孩那天晚上下车后，“as usual I ran into something”。run into：碰上、撞上，与“be caught by”，被什么碰上了，意思相同，所以选D。而选项的意思是，偶然撞上了路灯，但实际上她一开始并没意识到这一点，只知道碰到什么东西上了，所以她才连声道歉。
单选题
At the request stop that evening, the girl ______.
A. stopped a big lorry
B. stopped the wrong bus
C. made no attempt to stop the bus
D. was not noticed by other people
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 那个晚上，“on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop”；女孩“stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one”，没有拦下一辆公交车，车站也没有一个人。但是她出于自尊不向别人寻求帮助，因此没有人注意到她。
单选题
What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?
A. Other vehicles also stopped there.
B. It was unreliable for making judgments.
C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.
D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 通过声音来叫停公交车，“Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away”，更多的是货车而不是公交车会应声停下。
单选题
Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ______.