Question

Long bus rides are like television 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 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 （鲁莽的） or daring, the ride can be as thrilling （惊心动魄的） 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 armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.

1.According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

A．Advertisements on the billboards.           B．Films on television.

C．Buses on the road.                      D．Gas stations.

2.What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip.

C．To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips

D．To describe the billboards along the road.

3.The writer of this passage would probably favor         .

A．bus drivers who aren’t reckless           B．driving alone

C．no billboards along the road               D．a television set on the bus

4.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because           .

A．they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between

B．the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

C．the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.

5.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .

A．comfortable       B．exciting           C．tiring             D．boring

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章把长途汽车旅行就像是观看电视节目，并进行解释。

1.细节题：问题是：“乘客在乘坐长途旅行的途中看见了什么？”，结合文章主题（ 坐长途车就像看电视演出：两者都可分为三个阶段， 而且两者都会被插入广告）选项A直接涉及到文章主题词（广告）， 因此A是答案。

2.写作目的题。 选项A和C含义相关：一正一反， 因此首先重点关注。 该题是主题。借助前面对文章主题的分析可以直接判断C是答案。

3.推理题：借助文章相关句：文章第1段结尾句说“只有当你睡着了（这时你才好像关掉了电视）你才能逃离‘你需要它’，‘你现在就买’这样的喊叫声。”从这个句子看出作者并不喜欢路边的广告。因此C是答案。

4.细节题：问题问“作者认为长途汽车旅行就像是观看电视节目，原因是因为...”，A项的内容正是对“长途汽车旅行就像是观看电视节目”进行的解释， 因此判断A是答案。

5.细节题，因此首先关注文章结尾部分内容：文章结尾段第1句和第2句说“你知道旅程很快就会结束，因此在此过程中会充满着期望和兴奋。”， 因此判断旅途快结束时是令人兴奋的，被选项中只有B相吻合。

考点：考查人生百味类短文阅读

点评：这篇文章考查推理题和句意理解，题目要我们理解有些重点的句子。集中考查了句意理解题，要求考生有较强的细节理解能力。