It is a wonderful morning，as I write this：hot，but without being too hot. Outside my window，I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer’s temporary nature —a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out .
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.  What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holidy too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(負(fù)面）of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year's the Idler magazine published its book of awful holidays .Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically--damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life. The leisure(休閑）industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book's editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
小題1:According to the first paragraph We can know that the writer        .
A． has a strong desire to book a holiday
B． wishes that the weather would change
C． finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshine
D． realizes it’s time to decide whether to go on a holiday
小題2:What can be inferred from the sentence underlined in the passage?
A． people may find the man unbelievable
B． People think traveling is not so easy an act as drinking tea
C．The writer often regrets not taking a holiday．
D． The writer doesn't like drinking tea or listening to music
小題3:The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that      .
A． it usually takes too much time
B． he is tired of making preparations too much for holidays
C． it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advance
D． he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't
小題4:We can learn from the survey that a lot of people         .
A． pretend to enjoy their holiday
B． fail to relax while they are on holiday
C． feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limited
D． have made the some decision as the writer and most of his friends
小題5:The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to             .
A． damage the reputation of the magazine
B．prove his idea to be more popular than expected
C． indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely shared
D． foucs entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：文章介紹作者不喜歡旅游，寧可呆在家里，他厭倦于為假日做太多的準(zhǔn)備，而且作者在一些調(diào)查結(jié)果中發(fā)現(xiàn)，還有很多人不喜歡旅行。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out .可知作者覺(jué)得這是該決定是否要度假的時(shí)候了，選D
小題2:句意理解題：從文章第二段的句子：You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.你可能會(huì)說(shuō)這就像說(shuō)你不擅長(zhǎng)喝茶和聽(tīng)音樂(lè)一樣（是難以置信的）可知這句話的意思是人們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)人是難以置信的，選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.可知作者不喜歡旅游的原因可能是他厭倦于為假日做太多的準(zhǔn)備，選B
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：And a recent survey highlighted the downside(負(fù)面）of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal.可知從調(diào)查中人們感覺(jué)度假的好處是有限的，選C
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：Dan Kienan, the book's editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.可知作者用Awful Holidays做為例子，為了暗示很多人和他一樣不喜歡假日。選 C
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