1. (2022八下·南谯期中) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Jack was an office worker. He worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss(老板) 1to him, "Jack, I want you to go to London, to an office there, to2 Mr. Brown."

Jack went to London3train. When he got to London, he thought, "The office isn't 4from here, I can go there on foot. I'll5 it easily."

But after an hour, he was still looking for it, so he stopped and asked6old woman. She said, "Go 7 this street,8left at the end and it's the second building on the right." Jack went and found it.

9days later, he went to the same city, but again he did not find the office, so he asked someone the 10 . It was the same old woman. She was very surprised and said, "Are you still looking for that place?"