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.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章记叙了作者身为盲人，而不愿意让别人知道，也不愿意向别人求助的事情。通过作者等公共汽车的事情使她体会到了有的时候还是需要别人的帮助的。

5．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

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。由本文第一句"I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known."可知答案。

6．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

　　解析： 选C　细节理解题。由第二段前三句，特别是第三句"When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost."可知选C。

7．At the request stop that evening, the girl ________.

A．stopped a big lorry