题目内容
7.Nowhere is the place you never want to go.It's not on any departure board,and though some people like to travel so far off the motherland that it looks like Nowhere,most wanderers ultimately long to get somewhere.Yet every now and then-if there's nowhere else you can be and all other options have gone-going nowhere can prove the best adventure around.Nowhere is entirely uncharted; you've never read a guidebook entry on it or followed others'suggestions on a train ride through its suburbs.Few YouTube videos exist of it.Moreover,it's free from the most dangerous kind of luggage,expectation.Knowing nothing of a place in advance opens us up to a high energy we seldom encounter while walking around Paris or Kyoto with a list of the 10things we want-or,in embarrassing truth,feel we need-to see.
I'll never forget a bright January morning when I landed in San Francisco from Santa Barbara,just in time to see my connecting flight to Osaka take off.I hurried to the nearest airline counter to ask for help,and was told that I would have to wait 24hours,at my own expense,for the next day's flight.An unanticipated delay is exactly what nobody wants on his schedule.The airline didn't answer for fog-related delays,a gate agent declared,and no alternative flights were available.
Millbrae,California,the drive-through town that encircles San Francisco's airport,was a mystery to me.With one of the world's most beautiful cities only 40minutes to the north,and the unofficial center of the world,Silicon Valley,27 miles to the south,Millbrae is known mostly as a place to fly away from,at high speed.
It was a cloudless,warm afternoon as a shuttle bus deposited me in Millbrae.Locals were taking their dogs for walks along the bay while couples wandered hand in hand beside an expanse of blue that,in San Francisco,would have been crowded with people and official"attractions."I checked in to my hotel and registered.
Suddenly I was enjoying a luxury I never allow myself,even on vacation:a whole day free.And as I made my way back to my hotel,lights began to come on in the hills of Millbrae,and I realized I had never seen a sight half so lovely in glamorous,industrial Osaka.Its neighbor Kyoto is attractive,but it attracts 50million visitors a year.
Who knows if I'll ever visit Millbrae again?But I'm confident that Nowhere will slip into my schedule many times more.No place,after all,is uninteresting to the interested eye.Nowhere is so far off the map that its smallest beauties are a discovery.
| The Unexpected Joys of a Trip to Nowhere | |
| Passage outline | Supporting details |
| Introduction to Nowhere | ●Although many choose to travel beyond the (71)boundaries/borders,they actually hope to get somewhere. ●Getting nowhere can be the best adventure when we are (72)runningout of options. |
| (73)Benefits/Advantages of Nowhere | ●You don't have to be (74)dependent/reliant on a guidebook entry or others'advice. ●With limited information of a place and little expectation,we will encounter a (75)rare high energy that doesn't exist when visiting Paris or Kyoto. |
| The author's experience of getting nowhere | ●The airline wasn't (76)responsiblefor unexpected delays and there were no alternative flights available. ●He decided to visit the mysterious Millbrae,(77)located/lying between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. ●He (78)failed to enjoy such a luxurious and free time in big cities before. |
| Conclusion | ●Though (79)uncertain/unsureabout whether to visit Millbrae again,Nowhere will be included in his schedule. ●Nowhere is entirely uncharted with its beauties to be (80)discovered/explored. |
分析 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了作者探索未知之地的一次经历.相比于旅游景点,探索一个未知的地方更加具有挑战性,我们可以自己选择旅游路线,并且路上的风景都是免费的.
解答 71.boundaries/borders 72.running 73.Benefits/Advantages 74.dependent/reliant 75.rare 76.responsible 77.located/lying 78.failed 79.uncertain/unsure 80.discovered/explored
71.boundaries/borders边界,考查细节理解. 根据"though some people like to travel so far off the motherland that it looks like Nowhere"可知,很多人选择去国外旅行.即:走出国家的边界.故填"boundaries/borders边界".
72.running,考查细节理解.根据"Yet every now and then-if there's nowhere else you can be and all other options have gone-going nowhere can prove the best adventure around"可知,当你把所有选择都用尽,实在想不出要去哪里时,可以选择去一个未知的地方.run out of 用尽,故填"running".
73.Benefits/Advantages 好处,考查细节归纳.根据后面的内容可知,表格该行内容讲述的是无名之地的好处.故填"Benefits/Advantages 好处".
74.dependent/reliant 依赖,考查细节理解.根据"you've never read a guidebook entry on it or followed others'suggestions on a train ride through its suburbs"可知,在一个无名之地,你不再依赖于旅游指南或者导航系统.故填"dependent/reliant 依赖".
75.rare稀有的,考查细节理解.根据"Knowing nothing of a place in advance opens us up to a high energy we seldom encounter"可知,在巴黎或京都,我们会遇见一种罕见的能源.
76.responsible可靠的,考查细节理解.根据"I hurried to the nearest airline counter to ask for help,and was told that I would have to wait 24hours,at my own expense,for the next day's flight"可知,那里的航班并不可靠,飞机的起飞时间不固定,时时都会改变.故填"responsible可靠的".
77.located/lying位于,考查细节理解.根据"Millbrae,California,the drive-through town that encircles San Francisco's airport,was a mystery to me"可知,Millbrae位于旧金山和硅谷之间.
78.failed,failed to 未能,考查细节理解. 根据"Suddenly I was enjoying a luxury I never allow myself,even on vacation:a whole day free"可知,这是作者之前未能享受的免费体验.故填"failed".
79.uncertain/unsure不确定,考查细节理解.根据"Who knows if I'll ever visit Millbrae again?"可知,作者自己也不确定会不会再去一次Millbrae.故填"uncertain/unsure不确定".
80.discovered/explored发现/探索,考查细节理解.根据"Nowhere is so far off the map that its smallest beauties are a discovery"可知,未知的地方正在等着我们去探索.故填"discovered/explored发现/探索".
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