题目内容
【题目】 Ralph Waldo Emerson once quoted that “Nothing great can ever be achieved without enthusiasm.” I have a lot of enthusiasm. This is Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey. Northlandz is the world’s largest model railroad. Well I guess, you know, everybody has a passion for something, my thing was trains.
I had trains around the Christmas tree as a kid. Wherever I lived I was planning track plans and then over 18 years I added five basements onto the house. And from that I got fairly good at making mountains and bridges and design work and we decided to give it to the world so we tore it all down, bought this land and built Northlandz.
Any given day we run between 85 and 90 trains. Here are some of the details in Northlandz inside—about 40,000 feet of track, and about 4,000 buildings over 400 bridges. Many of the mountains in here are three and a half stories high. Most things in here are scratch built. Underneath the entire superstructure there’s enough lumber to build about 42 large houses. It takes a few hours to go through for the average person to see everything.
We went millions into debt to build this place. Everybody thought we were nuts. The only one that believed in what I wanted to do was my wife and she was totally with me on this big time. It’s an artistic effort. It’s a gift to the world of what I can do and it makes a lot of people happy.
【1】In Para. 1 the quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson is used to .
A.show that the author is as outstanding as Ralph Waldo Emerson
B.illustrate the author’s passion for the creation of Northlandz
C.draw readers’ interest in the model railroad called Northlandz
D.explain why the author is successful in his career
【2】What can be inferred from Para. 2?
A.The author could drive trains around as a kid.
B.The author decided to donate the house to the world.
C.When he was 18. the author built five basements of the house.
D.The author’s hobby since childhood inspired his building Northlandz.
【3】What can we learn about Northlandz?
A.It is the largest real railroad throughout the world.
B.There run 85 trains on the 40,000 feet of track every day.
C.People have to spend much time appreciating every detail of it.
D.Many mountains in it are so high as to reach three and a half meters.
【4】What did people think of the author’s devotion to building the place?
A.Crazy and skeptical.
B.Artistic and admirable.
C.Ambitious and pleasant.
D.Frustrating and unbelievable.
【答案】
【1】B
【2】D
【3】C
【4】A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者建立世界上最大的铁路模型Northlandz的故事。
【1】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Ralph Waldo Emerson once quoted that “Nothing great can ever be achieved without enthusiasm.” I have a lot of enthusiasm. This is Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey. Northlandz is the world’s largest model railroad ”可知,拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生曾经引用过这样一句话:“没有热情就不会有任何伟大的成就。”“我也有很大的热情。这就是新泽西州弗莱明顿的Northlandz。Northlandz是世界上最大的铁路模型。由此判断出该段作者引用爱默生的话是想说明他对火车的热情和对创建Northlandz的热情。故选B。
【2】
推理判断题。根据第二段I had trains around the Christmas tree as a kid. Wherever I lived I was planning track plans and then over 18 years I added five basements onto the house.可知,当我还是个孩子的时候,我接围着圣诞树坐火车转。无论我住在哪里,我都在规划轨道规划,然后用了18年的时间,我在房子上加了5个地下室。由此判断出作者从小对火车的喜爱是他创建Northlandz的灵感来源。故选D。
【3】
细节理解题。从第三段“It takes a few hours to go through for the average person to see everything.”可知,要参观到每个细节,一般要花上好几个小时。所以人们要花很多时间来欣赏它的每一个细节。故选C。
【4】
推理判断题。从最后一段“Everybody thought we were nuts. The only one that believed in what I wanted to do was my wife”可知,每个人都认为我疯了,只有我的妻子信任我。由此判断出,人们对作者致力于建造这个地方的看法是疯狂和怀疑。故选A.