20．In winter Hammerfest is a thirty-hour ride by bus from Oslo，though why anyone would want to go there in winter is a question worth considering．It is on the edge of the world，the northernmost town in Europe，as far from London as London is from Tunis，a place of dark and cruel winters，where the sun sinks into the Arctic Ocean in November and does not rise again for ten weeks．
I wanted to see the Northern Lights．Also，I had long harboured a half-formed urge to experience what life was like in such a remote and forbidding place．Sitting at home in England with a glass of whisky and a book of maps，this had seemed an excellent idea．But now as I picked my way through the grey，late-December slush（融雪） of Oslo I was beginning to have my doubts．
Things had not started well．I had overslept at the hotel，missing breakfast，and had to leap into my clothes．I couldn't find a cab and had to drag my unreasonably overweighted bag eight blocks through slush to the central bus station．I had had huge difficulty persuading the staff at the Kreditkassen Bank on Karl Johans Gate to cash sufficient traveller's cheques to pay the overcharged 1，200-kroner bus fare-they simply could not be made to grasp that the William McGuire Bryson on my passport and the Bill Bryson on my traveller's cheques were both me-and now here I was arriving at the station two minutes before departure，breathless and steaming from the endless uphill exertion（費(fèi)力）that is my life，and the girl at the ticket counter was telling me that she had no record of my reservation．
"This isn't happening，"I said．"I'm still at home in England enjoying Christmas．Pass me a drop more port，will you，darling？"Actually，I said，"There must be some mistake．Please look again．"
The girl studied the passenger list．"No，Mr Bryson，your name is not here•"
But I could see it，even upside-down．"There it is，second from the bottom二，
"No，"the girl decided，"that says Bemt Bjornson．That's a Norwegian name•"
"It doesn't say Bernt Bjornson．It says Bill Bryson．Look at the loop（圓圈） of the'y'，the two‘I's．Miss，please．"But she wouldn't have it．"If I miss this bus when does the next one go？"
"Next week at the same time．，
Oh，splendid．
"Miss，believe me，it says Bill Bryson．"
"No，it doesn't．"
"Miss，look，I've come from England．I'm carrying some medicine that could save a child's
life．"She didn't buy this．"I want to see the manager．"
"He's in Stavanger．"
"Listen，I made a reservation by telephone．If I don't get on this bus I'm going to write a letter to your manager that will cast a shadow over your career prospects（前景）for the rest of this century．"This clearly did not alarm her．Then it occurred to me．"If this Bemt Bjornson doesn't show up，can I have his seat？"
"Sure．"
Why don't I think of these things in the first place and save myself the suffering？"Thank you，"I said，and dragged my bag outside．
66．What words can best describe Hammerfest in winter？B
A．Grey and dirty．
B．Dark and cold．
C．Unfriendly and expensive．
D．Wild and forbidden．
67．Why did the author mention the Kreditkassen Bank on Karl Johans Gate？A
A．To suggest that people there could be ridiculous and stubborn．
B．To introduce the cultural differences in northern Europe and England．
C．To give an example of an interesting story during his journey．
D．To indicate that the bus fare was very expensive．
68．What could be inferred from the passage？C
A．The author booked his bus ticket with a Norwegian name．
B．The author paid the bus fare by traveller's cheque．
C．The author would hopefully get on the bus．
D．The girl at the ticket counter cared about the author's complaints．
69．According to the last paragraph，the author probably felt_at that moment．C
A．embarrassed B．contented C．regretful D．grateful
70．We can learn from the passage thatD．
A．the author's journey to the north was not worthwhile
B．the Europeans didn't welcome visitors
C．the author wrote a letter to the girl's manager
D．the author's journey to the north was not smooth．
分析 本文為記敘文，題材屬于故事類閱讀．講述了作者在一個(gè)冬季的某一天打算由奧斯陸（挪威的首都）去哈默菲斯特（挪威北部港市）看極光，在旅途中發(fā)生的一些令他不愉快的經(jīng)歷．發(fā)生了作者在旅館睡過頭錯(cuò)過早餐，因?yàn)樽o(hù)照上的姓名原因及當(dāng)?shù)毓ぷ魅藛T的固執(zhí)態(tài)度及難以溝通特點(diǎn)，費(fèi)了很大麻煩與銀行員工溝通，乘車時(shí)無法順利乘車．這一系列的事件搞的作者精疲力竭．
解答 66．B 歸納總結(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段中最后一句中…，a place of dark and cruel winters，where the sun sinks into the Arctic Ocean in November and does not rise again for ten weeks．描述哈默菲斯特在冬季是一個(gè)具有黑夜和殘酷的冬天的地方，太陽(yáng)在十一月份沉入北冰洋之后，十周后才會(huì)再一次升起．因此判斷最好的描述這個(gè)地方的詞語(yǔ)是Dark and cold．故選B項(xiàng)．
67．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段第四句中…they simply could not be made to grasp that the William McGuire Bryson on my passport and the Bill Bryson on my traveller's cheques were both me..他們根本不能明白我的護(hù)照上威廉麥奎爾布萊森和我的旅行支票的比爾布萊森都是我的姓名，據(jù)此可以推斷出此句為了表明這里的人固執(zhí)到令人感到荒謬可笑的地步．故選A項(xiàng)．
68．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句中．"If this Bemt Bjornson doesn't show up，can I have his seat？""Sure．"根據(jù)this Bemt Bjornson 就是作者本人，結(jié)合句意售票員同意了作者的建議，推理判斷可知作者是有希望登上公交車的．故選C項(xiàng)．
69．C推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段中第一句Why don't I think of these things in the first place and save myself the suffering？可知作者對(duì)于自己最初沒有想到這種解決方法是感到后悔的．故選C項(xiàng)．
70．D 歸納總結(jié)題．本文主要講述了作者在旅途中發(fā)生的一些令他不愉快的經(jīng)歷，最總導(dǎo)致他精疲力竭．因此我們可以總結(jié)出他的旅行是不順利的．故選D項(xiàng)．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本篇故事類文章講述了作者在旅途中發(fā)生的一些令他不愉快的經(jīng)歷．找準(zhǔn)事情發(fā)展的主線是解決這類題目的關(guān)鍵．題目中的歸納總結(jié)題及推理判斷題需要認(rèn)真體會(huì)上下文之間的聯(lián)系．比如時(shí)間發(fā)展，事件發(fā)展等．時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、人物、事件經(jīng)過、結(jié)果都是需要認(rèn)真把握的信息．
