题目内容
【题目】I'm _________(惭愧的）to have behaved so badly at your party.
【答案】见解析
【解析】ashamed
【题目】People aren’t walking any more--- if they can figure out a way to avoid it.
I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either, I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.
It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as a sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.
Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrhams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise--- the most familiar and natural of all. It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.
The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.
I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.
【1】What was life like when the author was young?
A. people often walked 25 miles a day
B. People usually went around on foot.
C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.
D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.
【2】The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that ________.
A. middle-aged people like getting back to nature
B. people need regular exercise to keep fit
C. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind
D. going on foot prevents heart disease
【3】What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph6?
A. A ray of traffic light B. A queue of cars
C. A flash of lightning D. A stream of people
【题目】To our relief, at last the opening ceremony of the sports meeting we had been looking forward to __________ on time.
A. had started
B. starting
C. started
D. being started
【题目】
同时，我发觉自己在回顾髙中最后一年的时光，追忆所有发生过的美好往事。
Meanwhile, I find _________ my senior year, and thinking about all the wonderful things _________.
【题目】—Please __________ us in the discussion.
—I'd like to, but I'm __________ busy at the moment.
A. attend; too much
B. join; far too
C. take part in; much too
D. join; too much
【题目】A bridge ________ in the distance and its construction ________ in a year.
A. is being built; will be finished
B. is built; has been finished
C. has been built; is being finished
D. is being built; is finished
【题目】—I hear you __________ in a pub. What's it like?
—Well, it's very hard work and I'm always tired, but I don't mind.
A. are working
B. will work
C. were working
D. will be working
【题目】What made me surprised was his attitude __________ the mistakes I had made.
A. for
B. with
C. of
D. towards
【题目】les __________ before the guests arrive.
A. be set
B. set
C. are set
D. are setting
阅读快车系列答案阅读快车系列答案阅读快车系列答案