五、阅读短文，按要求用英文填空或回答问题。
Here are some different and funny ways of giving directions (指路).
In Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions because most streets don't have names. For example, the Japanese will tell you, “Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places. So when giving directions, people will also tell you the distances (距离). In Kansas, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles have no idea of distance. They measure (测量) distance in time. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes’ walk from here.”
Sometimes people don’t know the answer to your question. A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I don’t know.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know”. People there think it is impolite to say “I don’t know”. So they usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can easily get lost in Yucatan!
1. This passage mainly talks about in different places. (不超过5词)
2. Japanese use landmarks in their directions because . (不超过6词)
3. In the countryside of the American Midwest, people will when giving directions. (不超过5词)
4. In Yucatan, people never say “” as an answer to a visitor. (不超过4词)
5. How do you give directions to others? (不超过15词)

1. different ways of giving directions
2. most streets don't have names
3. tell you the distances
4. I don't know
5. I use landmarks to give directions (答案不唯一，合理即可)

1. 文章开篇直接点明核心主题，全文围绕不同地区的特色指路方式展开，结合字数限制可提炼出对应答案。
2. 根据第二段第一句的原文内容"In Japan, people use landmarks in their directions because most streets don't have names."，结合字数要求筛选出符合条件的内容。
3. 根据第三段的描述"So when giving directions, people will also tell you the distances."，结合字数限制得到答案。
4. 根据最后一段的"But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers 'I don't know'."，可直接提取对应内容。
5. 本题为开放性试题，表述符合指路的实际逻辑、字数不超过15词即可。