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【題目】People aren’t walking any more—if they can figure out a way to avoid it.

I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in a hurry, either, I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.

It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune(免疫的), for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced— and beat—a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.

Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrhams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper…… is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise — the most familiar and natural of all.

It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world, He cannot learn in a car.

The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.

【1】What is the national sickness?

A. Walking too much.

B. Traveling too much.

C. Driving cars too much.

D. Climbing stairs too much.

【2】What was life like when the author was young?

A. People usually went around on foot.

B. people often walked 25 miles a day

C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.

D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.

【3】The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that ________.

A. middle-aged people like getting back to nature

B. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind

C. people need regular exercise to keep fit

D. going on foot prevents heart disease

【4】What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?

A. A queue of cars.

B. A ray of traffic light.

C. A flash of lightning.

D. A stream of people.

【5】What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?

A. To tell people to reflect more on life.

B. To recommend people to give up driving.

C. To advise people to do outdoor activities.

D. To encourage people to return to walking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。講述了現(xiàn)在的人們都愿意出門乘坐汽車，而不愿意步行，即使很近的路，也要自己開車去，其實有時路上堵車不一定比走著快。并且步行可以看到沿途的樹木、花草等，享受一下大自然的風(fēng)光，作者提倡大家要用以前的交通方式——步行。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。國家的病是什么？根據(jù)第一段最后一句I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness：motorosis.可知，故選C。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。當(dāng)作者年輕的時候生活是什么樣子？根據(jù)for I was bored in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs.可知，作者年輕時人們通常步行，故選A。

【3】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。作者提到Henry Thoreau 來證明什么？根據(jù)第四自然段可知，作者提到Henry Thoreau是說明步行能夠豐富人們的知識，故選B。

【4】A 詞義猜測題。在第5段中把什么比作“a steel river”？根據(jù)The car is a convenient means of transport.Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more.可知，這里指的是人們出門坐車，街上的車流量很大，就像河流一樣，連續(xù)不斷，故選A。

【5】D 推理判斷題。作者寫這篇文章的意圖是什么？根據(jù)短文的最后一段可知，作者提倡大家要用以前的交通方式——步行。故選D。選項B是干擾最大的選項，推薦人們放棄駕駛。這個短文里沒有提到要人們放棄駕駛自己的汽車，而是盡可能做到采用步行的交通方式。