题目内容
One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City,Calif.,to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert,I came upon a young man standing by the roadside.He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand.I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need.Now you are a fool for helping.With gangs,drug addicts,murderers,rapists,thieves lurking everywhere,“I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch?hiker.Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.
Does anyone stop any more?I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line:“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”.Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days?One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money,relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find?Who would feed him,shelter him,carry him down the road?
The idea intrigued me.
The week I turned 37,I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides,food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina,a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6,1994,and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50?pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles:“America”.
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled,folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming;in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa.Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger,even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.
1.Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?
A.Because he failed to notice this man.
B.Because he was driving too fast.
C.Because he thought the young man didn’t need help.
D.Because he was afraid of being tricked.
2.What was it that made the author upset?
A.Leaving the young man alone in the desert.
B.Being considered a fool.
C.Making the decision of not offering help so easily.
D.Keeping thinking about the young man.
3.The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.
A.find out how long he could survive without help
B.go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment
C.find out whether strangers would offer help to him
D.figure out how strangers thought of his plan
4.The following part might probably ________.
A.describe how he fooled the strangers
B.describe how strangers went out their way to help him
C.explain why people refused to help strangers
D.explain how he overcame his difficulties? on the way
1.D
2.C
3.C
4.B
【解析】
1.
解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后两句可知,如今人们不想因为帮助陌生人而陷入麻烦,作者正是受这种思想的影响,而没有停车。
2.2】C
解析 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.”可知,使作者感到不安的是自己怎么会那么轻易就作出了不伸出援手的决定。
3.3】C
解析 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后三句的内容以及第四段“The idea intrigued me.”可知,作者决定进行这次“身无分文”的旅行是想看看是否会有陌生人帮助他,因此选择C项。
4.4】B
解析 篇章结构题。根据最后一段的描述可知,作者无论到哪儿都会得到帮助,甚至一些人宁愿违背自己的利益,也会去帮助他,因此下文作者会具体说明人们是如何尽力帮助他的。
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a time it was too dark for me to read easily, so I put my book down and turned on the light.
I was just about to draw the 36 as well when I heard a loud cry “Help! Help! ” It 37 to come from the trees at the end of the garden. I looked out but it was too 38 to see anything clearly. So I decided to go out and have a look in the garden, just 39 someone was in 40 . I took the torch and picked up a strong walking stick, 41 that this might come to be useful, too. 42 with these, I went out into the garden. 43 I heard the cry. There was no 44 that it came from the trees at the end of the garden.
“Who’s there?” I 45 as I walked, rather 46 , down the path that 47 to the trees. But there was no 48 . With the help of my torch I 49 the whole of that part of the garden and the lower 50 of the trees. There was no sign of anybody or anything. I came to the ___51___ that someone was playing a rather silly joke on me.
___52 feeling rather puzzled, I went back to the house and 53 away the torch and the stick. I had just sat down when I was startled by the cry of “ Help! Help! ”, this time from 54 my shoulder. I dropped my book and climbed up. There, sitting 55 of the mantelpiece ( 壁炉 ), was a parrot!
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