Question

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Ma-rco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

1.The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be________.

A．The Kingdom of Bicycles                  B．A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C．Marco Polo and the Silk Road              D．An American Achieving His Aims

2.The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because

A．he asked to see the manager

B．he entered the hall with a bike

C．the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D．the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

3.Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order,       .

A．China, Pakistan, and India                 B．Pakistan, China, and India

C．India, China, and Pakistan                 D．China, India, and Pakistan

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个美国人梦想着重走丝绸之路的故事。

1.D 主旨大意题。本文讲述了一个美国人梦想着重走丝绸之路的故事。故D项符合要求。

2.B 细节题。根据第一段后3行The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.说明他带着自行车进入宾馆是主要原因。故B正确。

3.C 细节题。根据文章2,4段Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan说明先到印度，中国，最后到巴基斯坦。故C正确。

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