题目内容
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.
In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly 1 a stagecoach(驿站马车), pulled along by a team of horses that could 2 more than twenty miles of road within sixty minutes. To us in the twentieth century, in 3 man is able to move and to communicate with such rapidity, the 4 of the stagecoach seems no speed at all. Aeroplanes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour; express train 5 four times the speed of the stagecoach; and ever without 6 ; we can, by wireless or telegraph, communicate with seconds with people on 7 side of the globe.
The 8 of these increased speeds are numerous. Business 9 say, from Europe to America or to the Far East can save much time, 10 a journey that would once have taken weeks 11 now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Fruit, vegetables and other goods than world go bad 12 a long, slow journey can now be safely sent to far distant places. Members of one family 13 each other by vast distances can have conversation with each other by telephone 14 if they were all sitting in the same room.
Not all the effects of speed, however are 15 . People who are in the habit of using motor cars 16 they want to move half a mile become physically lazy and lose the 17 of enjoying a vigorous (精力充沛的) walk. Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not see much of the life of that country, of its people and animals and plants, as they flash 18 . They become so anxious about moving quickly from one place to another that they are 19 able to relax and enjoy a
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(1) D write of意为“写关于……的情况”，类似的表达还有：think of, speak of, talk of, know of等. (2) B 这里cover指走多少路程. (3) A 定语从句是“介词＋关系代词”引导的，in which相当于in the twentieth century. (4) B 根据上下文可知，60分钟行进20英里的“速度”，在20世纪已谈不上什么速度了. (5) C achieve the speed of意为“达到……速度”，即“特快列车车速达到了驿站马车车速的四倍”. (6) D 通过下文中wireless or telegraph进行交流，当然是without moving. (7) A 与地球的另一面的人通话.the other表示特指，如你在东半球，另一面当然是指西半球，反之亦然. (8) C 第二段是介绍速度加快的优势，如减少旅途时间，通话便捷，等等. (9) B men与前面的business构成businessmen, travelling现在分词作businessmen的后置定语. (10) A for意为“对于……而言”. (11) D takes 与前面的have taken呼应，句式为take sb．sometime to do sth. (12) B on与journey构成搭配，意为“在旅途中”.on还可以与trip搭配. (13) C 过去分词短语作后置定语，相当于定语从句which are separated from each other by vast distances. (14) A 此句句意为“相距摇远的家人通过电话交谈很方便”，其他都不合题意. (15) C beneficial意有“有利的”.此句笔锋一转，开始谈increased speed 的不利之处. (16) B 根据上下文，谈及的是时间，故选whenever，其他不合题意. (17) D lose power of意为“失去……的能力”. (18) B flash past意为“闪过”. (19) A 根据题意表示“人们不再能放松下来去享受一次闲暇之旅了”，故选A项. (20) D B、C项不合题意.leisure是名词，leisurely才是形容词，故选D项，类似的词有friendly, orderly等. |
