A middle-aged couple from California got to the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail by walking.

Marcia and Ken started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests from Delaware and finally reached their destination a day nearly eight months later.

“We are sad that a great adventure is over. Now we just go home and do housework” said the couple, who went through cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacific alone.

They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off.But they enjoyed the French history of St.Louis and the beauty of the Colorado Rockies.   They particularly remember kindness of strangers they met along the way.

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful. We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. It' s an amazing country.” Marcia said.

1.Which of the following is the most suitable title?

A.The first couple to backpack the Pacific Ocean alone

B.The first couple to cover a 4,900 mile cross-country walk

C.A husband-and-wife team suffered a lot during an adventure

D.A husband-and-wife team got much help during an adventure

2.Which of the statements is TRUE?

A.The couple travelled across 16 states.

B.Their walk lasted nearly half a year.

C.They prefer housework to adventure

D.They took four days off during the travel

3.We know that during the walk, the couple_________.

A.were worried about their housework

B.once covered 22 miles within four days

C.were treated warm-heartedly by strangers

D.met strong desert sandstorms in the East

4.Which place do you suppose can replace the underlined word “destination”?

A.Delaware

B.Colorado Rockies

C.California

D.Pacific Ocean

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:這篇文章主要介紹了一對來自于加利福尼亞的夫婦徒步走到了太平洋以及他們一路的見聞。

1.根據(jù)T A middle-aged couple from California got to the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail by walking.

,故選B。

2.根據(jù)close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off,故選D。

3.根據(jù)They particularly remember kindness of strangers they met along the way,C項為正確答案。

4.根據(jù)A middle-aged couple from California got to the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross-country walk,故選D。

考點:新聞報道類文章閱讀理解。

點評:要想答好題目,重在理解全文意思。這篇文章非常簡單,先看問題,再帶著問題讀短文,找出各段落的主旨句,理解全文內(nèi)容,總結(jié)全文中心,然后再回到問題上來,很容易選出正確答案。

 

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