I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all and what is more，I could not speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day in the town-centre，I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I believed that this was the simplest way of getting to know the strange city.
I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops then got it off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even then I pronounced it badly.
I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I thanked him politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had e all the way into the countryside.
The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station,
【小题1】The writer believed that if you wanted to get to know a strange city .A．you should go everywhere on footB．you should have a mapC．you should ask people the wayD．you should get lost【小题2】The newspaper-seller A．could understand what he saidB．didn't know what he saidC．laughed at himD．didn't want to take the money【小题3】The writer's real trouble was that .A．he couldn't speak the languageB．he followed the policeman's directionC．he took the wrong busD．he left the town-centre【小题4】The policeman .A．didn't help himB．pointed at himC．didn't understand what he really meantD．didn’t know the wayD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文讲述了作者到一个完全陌生的地方，也不懂对方的语言，问了很多人具体该如何走，最后还是迷路的故事。
【小题1】D 细节题。根据第一段After having spent my first day in the town-centre，I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I believed that this was the simplest way of getting to know the strange city.说明他认为最好的方法就是迷路，然后再找人问路，故D正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据文章第三段He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way.说明这个人根本就不知道我要问的是什么故B正确。
【小题3】A 细节题。根据文章1，2行I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all and what is more，I could not speak a word of the language说明我最大的麻烦就是不知道这个地方的语言，故A正确。
【小题4】C 推理题。根据文章最后2段I thanked him politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.和About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had e all the way into the countryside.说明这个警察给我指错了路，那么说明他根本就不认识路，故C正确。