Excuse me, Sir. Could you please tell me the way to the Bird Nest — ________ . I am new here. You’d better ask someone else.

d have called you up for help had it been possible, but Iyour phone number then

依次填入下列各句中横线处的词语，最恰当的一项是(　　)①山路从隧道出口开始，沿着崖边围上了一道刷成白色的栏杆，像一道闪电似的________过去。②老太婆的话，含有过于轻蔑的意思，甚至________了我的邪念：既然如此，今天晚上就让那位舞女到我房间里来吧。③途中，每个村庄的入口处都________着一块牌子：“乞丐、巡回演出艺人禁止进村！”

What annoyed your father was not what you said，but the way________you said it.

Tom spent two years _________ his book.