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Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

   My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

   I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

   Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

   Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”

1.The best title for the passage would be _________.

A. Touched by the Moon

B. The Pleasures of Modern Life

C. A Bottomless well of Silence

D. Break away from Modern life

2.The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.

A. there was too much pollution.               

B. he failed to see the fullest moon.

C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions   

D. there were too many accidents on the road.

3.What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A. No modern equipment.

B. Complete silence.

C. The nice moon.

D. The high mountain.

4.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.

A. show that the writer likes city life very much.

B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.

C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.

D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.

5.The author wrote the passage to __________.

A. express the feeling of returning to nature.   

B. show the love for the moonlight.

C. advise modern people to learn to live.                    

D. want to communicate longing for modern life.

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析:在开车去朋友家的路上,作者被朋友家屋顶上冉冉升起的美丽的满月吸引了。作者停下来看了片刻,觉得大多数住在城里的人错过这样的美景真是遗憾。

1.根据第一段的“I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop”和第二段的“It had touched much of his life.”及第三段的“And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.”还有最后一段的“...touched the moon”可知,作者和朋友都被月亮的美打动了。故选A。

2.根据第一段“thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors”可知,作者和大多数人一样,住在大城市里,错过了欣赏满月美景,故选B。

3.根据第三段“And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.”可知,一轮满月深深地触动了作者,故选C。

4.作者提到现代生活中的物品,言外之意是,人们生活在忙碌的现代社会,到处明亮的灯光、各种家用电器等,方便了人们的生活,同时也剥夺了人们接触大自然的机会,故选C。

5.根据最后一段““Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains...”可知,作者表达了回归大自然的强烈欲望,故选A。

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【小题1】
A.hardly  B.neverC.sometimesD.always
【小题2】
A.successfulB.thankfulC.cheerfulD.hopeful
【小题3】
A.sparedB.wastedC.spentD.saved
【小题4】
A.questionsB.argumentsC.differencesD.conversations
【小题5】
A.missB.rememberC.keepD.fear
【小题6】
A.HoweverB.SoC.ThenD.If
【小题7】
A.recordB.beliefC.storyD.secret
【小题8】
A.carefulB.helpfulC.powerfulD.grateful
【小题9】
A.becauseB.whileC.untilD.when
【小题10】
A.sharingB.forcingC.recognizingD.understanding
【小题11】
A.pleasedB.worriedC.surprisedD.excited
【小题12】
A.never  B.yetC.evenD.still
【小题13】
A.foodB.moneyC.paperD.key
【小题14】
A.changeB.attendC.seeD.persuade
【小题15】
A.meansB.followsC.explainsD.agrees
【小题16】
A.carryB.loseC.arrangeD.place
【小题17】
A.pushedB.movedC.pulledD.walked
【小题18】
A.raisedB.heldC.offeredD.shook
【小题19】
A.eyesB.earsC.mindD.feeling
【小题20】
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Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A--F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

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A. TV’s Influence on Children’s Life

B. Argument Against Violence on TV

C. TV’s Influence on People’s Leisure Activities

D. The Importance of Violence in Real Life

E. Attractions of Violence on TV

F.  TV’s Power

1._________

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2._________

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3._________

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4._________

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5._________

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I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.A car pulled up behind me.It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would take me to my friend's.We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

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c) 向别人道谢对你和对方都带来了什么影响。

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The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.

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1.Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?

A.Because she was not an American woman.

B.Because she was afraid of a car or a bus.

C.Because in her own country women never drive.

D.Because her husband didn’t know how to teach her.

2. The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.

A.someone who teaches a special skill

B.someone who teaches a sport skill

C.someone who teaches in an American college

D.the information telling you how to drive a car

3. How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?

A.2

B.3

C.4

D.5

4.The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.

A.she succeeded in driving her car to send her two children

B.she succeeded in driving to the college to get a good job

C.she succeeded in driving to the college and learned English

D.she succeeded in passing driving test and got her license in the end

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A.My Driving License

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