题目内容
4.Long bus rides are like televisions shows.They have a beginning,a middle,and an end---with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes.The commercials are unavoidable.They happen whether you want them or not.Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window."Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.""Drink Good'n Wet Root Beer.""Fill up with Pacific Gas."Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of"You Need It!Buy It Now!"The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you've traveled that way before.Usually some things have changed---new houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road.The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so.If the driver is particularly reckless or daring,the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story.Will the driver pass the truck in time?Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane?After a while,of course,the excitement dies down.Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride.Food always makes bus rides more interesting.But you've got to be careful of what kind of food you eat.Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning.You know it will soon be over and there's a kind of expectation and excitement in that.The seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed.By now you've sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the arm rests---even with your hands crossed behind your head.The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
71.According to the writer,long bus rides and TV shows m similar in thatB.
A.they are both long and boring,with commercials disturbing you all the time
B.they both have a beginning,middle,and an end,with commercials in between
C.they are both exciting,with new things to see in every three or four minutes
D.they both make you sit in your seat uncomfortably for a very 10ng time
72.The writer sounds as if he likesA.
A.reckless bus drivers
B.sleeping on bus trips
C.salty food
D.commercials
73.The'writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both areC.
A.tiring B.comfortable C.exciting. D.boring
74.When passengers get tired,they tend toD.
A.watch the commercials B.eat food
C.cross their legs D.change their ways to sit
75.What is the purpose of this passage?C
A.To warn people of the danger on long bus trips.
B.To persuade readers to take a long bus trip.
C To describe the writer's own feelings from long bus trips.
D.To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们讲述了坐长途公共汽车开始、途中和将要到达终点时的感受.
解答 71-75BACDC
46.B 细节理解题.从第一段Long bus rides are like television shows.They have a beginning,a middle,and an end…可知长巴士乘车和电视节目类似,都有开始,中间和结尾,故选B.
47.A 推理判断题.从第二段If the driver is particularly reckless or daring,the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story.可推知作者喜欢鲁莽大胆的司机,故选A.
48.C 推理判断题.从第二段The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting 中的 exciting 和第三段 You know it will soon be over and there's a kind of expectation and excitement in that.中的 excitement 可知作者认为乘车结束有点儿像开始因为他感到很兴奋,故选C.
49.D 推理判断题.从第三段By now you've sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the arm rests-even with your hands crossed behind your head.可以推知当乘客感到累的时候,他们开始改变他们坐的方式,故选D.
50.C主旨大意题.作者讲述了坐长途公共汽车开始、途中和将要到达终点时的感受,故选C.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
A. | told | B. | declared | C. | stated | D. | made |
It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience(良心)by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands.A few years ago,scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act.If people were then given a chance to clean their hands,they later expressed less guilt than people who hadnt't cleaned.
This finding fascinated W.S.Lee,a researcher."Anything from the past,any kind of negative emotional experiences,might be washed away,"says Lee.
He decided to test hand washing's effect on one kind of bad feeling:the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices,because picking one choice makes us feel that we've lose the other.People usually try to calm this inner conflict by later exaggerating (夸大)the positive aspects of their choice.
He had students rank 10 different music CDs.Then he offered students one CD as a gift.Some students then use liquid soap.Others only looked at the soap or sniffed(嗅)it."Actually,you do not need water and soap,"says Lee.
Later,the students again had to rank all the music.People who didn't wash their hands had the normal response--they scored their take-home CD higher,suggesting that they now saw it as even more attractive than before.But this wasn't true for the hand washers.They ranked the music about the same."They feel no need at all to justify the choice."says Lee.
But the implication of it just aren't clear.Schwarz says it's too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice.He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder,but perhaps if they don't go throught the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice,they might feel more sorrow in the long run.
46.The Macbeth effect refers to the fact thatA.
A.people feel less ashamed after washing their hands
B.soaping up one's hand may help wash away the inner confusion and make a decision
C.people feel less guilty by getting rid of invisible germs from their hands
D.Shakespeare did scientific research before writing Macbeth
47.According to Lee,after people make the choiceA.
A.they will overstate the goodness of their chosen choice
B.they will feel regretful for not choosing another
C.they will feel free due to the feeling of losing the other choice
D.they will think nothing of their chosen choice any more to calm their inner conflict
48.According to Lee,the hand washers consider the judgment of choiceB.
A.more scientific | B.unnecessary |
C.a little convincing | D.absolutely useless |
A.Whether people need to justify their choice.
B.Whether people feel more sorrow after washing hands.
C.Whether washing hands help over a long period of time.
D.Whether washing hands is helpful to make a choice.
50.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?D
A.Is Washing Hands Necessary to Defeat Tension?
B.Washing Hands Washes Our Mind
C.Washing Hands Helps Make a Better Choice
D.Washing Hands Reduces the Stress of Decision.
He saw a young man,bending and waving arms,dancing on the beach,no (3)B that he was in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin.As he (4)A,he realized that the young man was not dancing to the bay,but rather bending to looking through what was left by the night's (5)C,stopping now and then to (6)B up starfish and then standing,to throw it back into the (7)D.
He asked the youth the (8)C of the effort."The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot (9)B to the sea by themselves,"the youth replied."When the sun rises,they will die,unless I put them back into the sea."
As the youth made his (10)D,the old man looked at the vast expanse of beach,stretching in both (11)A beyond eyesight.Starfish littered the shore in (12)C beyond calculation.
The hopelessness of the young man's plan became (13)D and the old man countered,"But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is down.Surely you cannot expect to make a(n) (14)C."
The young man paused briefly to consider the words,bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as(15)A.Turning to the old man,he said,"I made a difference to that one."
1.A.accept | B.inspect | C.inspire | D.greet |
2.A.focused | B.insisted | C.carried | D.stepped |
3.A.wonder | B.doubt | C.way | D.problem |
4.A.approached | B.left | C.thought | D.remained |
5.A.coldness | B.darkness | C.tide | D.steam |
6.A.set | B.pick | C.take | D.hold |
7.A.river | B.pond | C.lake | D.sea |
8.A.cause | B.excuse | C.purpose | D.idea |
9.A.swim | B.return | C.fly | D.dive |
10.A.decision | B.conclusion | C.instruction | D.explanation |
11.A.directions | B.arms | C.length | D.methods |
12.A.piles | B.need | C.numbers | D.danger |
13.A.worried | B.anxious | C.eager | D.clear |
14.A.sense | B.effort | C.difference | D.effect |
15.A.possible | B.likely | C.necessary | D.probable |