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【题目】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 rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, I 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 mountain 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 silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibreglass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, 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 measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch 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 usually failed to see the fullest moon

C. he didn’t get used to modern inventions

D. there were many accidents on the road

【3】What impressed the writer most in the mountain jungle of northern India?

A. No modern equipment.

B. Complete silence.

C. The nice moonlight.

D. The high mountains.

【4】Modern things (Paragraph 4) 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 the longing for modern life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了作者在去朋友家的路上，不经意间看到了天上的月亮，受到了触动，想起曾带女儿去野营时的场景，也表达了自己对乡间生活的向往，认为人们生活在城市里，待在室内而错过了外面的许多风景。

【1】细节分析题。根据第一段第一句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 rooftops和全文最后一句But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.可知，作者因为被满月感动到所以产生了这一篇遐想，故选D。

【2】细节分析题。根据I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, I myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.可知，在城市里生活作者常常忽视满月这样的景色，因而觉得遗憾，故选C。

【3】细节分析题。根据And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.可知作者在野营时，认为月色最让他感动，故选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据第四段的描述Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibreglass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers可知现代人虽然有许多物质，但却很少有机会去享受大自然，故选B。

【5】归纳分析题。这篇文章主要表达了作者想要返璞归真、亲近自然的愿望，提醒大家不要一直待在室内，也去感受外面的世界，故选A。