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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 teenage 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, Iusually 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.

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36. 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 fond blind was embarrassing

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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.

40. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping __________.

A. to find people there

B. to find more buses there

C. to find the bus by herself there

D. to find people more helpful there

参考译文

我是个盲人，但是如果让人知道了，我会感到羞耻。我拒绝用（盲人用的）白手杖，也讨厌寻求帮助。毕竟，我是一个十几岁的女孩，我无法忍受别人看着我，认为我跟他们不同。在路上我就是一个危险的人。碰到我在行驶的车辆中闲逛时，驾驶员可能必须要快速地踩刹车。除此之外，我还曾在上下班的路上造成各种各样的灾难。

一个晚上，我在回家的半路上下车，并在那里换车，像往常一样，我撞上某个东西，我说了声“我很抱歉”，然后又继续前进并再次撞上了。当我第三次撞上时，我意识到我一直在跟路灯柱子道歉。这仅仅是时常发生在我身上的最愚蠢的事情之一。我继续前进并找到了公交车站，这是一个除非有人上车或下车不然不会停的招呼站。没有其他人在这，所以我必须自己估计车子是否到站。

通常在车站，因为我讨厌通过寻求帮助而表现出我是个盲人，所以我尽力通过车子发出的声音去估计。有时我拦下一辆大货车，当它离去时，我还站在那里，觉得自己很愚蠢。最后，我通常努力放下我的尊严，在车站里寻求帮助。

但是在这个特殊的夜晚，车站里除了我没有别人，好像大家突然都决定不坐公交车出行了。当然我听到许多公交车过去，或者是我认为我听到了。但是因为我怕出洋相而放弃拦下车辆，所以它们都开走了。我孤单地站在那里，（等了）半个小时都没有一辆车停下来。然后我放弃了。我决定步行到下一站。

答案解析

36. D 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段的前两句可知，女孩为自己是盲人而感到羞耻，不愿意让别人知道，而且讨厌向别人求助，故选D项。

37. C 考查细节理解。根据文章第二段可知，女孩因为眼睛看不见，撞到了街灯柱。

38. C 考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段中的"But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. "可知，选C项。

39. B 考查推理判断。根据文章第三段中的"...I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry.”可推知盲人女孩根据声音判断有时候是不可靠的。

40. A 考查推理判断。根据第三段的最后一句和最后一段的第一句可知在这个车站没有其他人，女孩希望能在下一个车站找到人帮她。故选A项。