We all remember seeing hitchhikers(搭便车的人), standing by the side of the road, thumb sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.
But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?
Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red,
spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.
The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out(actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.
In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.
1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because_____________ .
A. they were not heading towards Manchester
B. they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous
C. hitchhiking had been forbidden and they didn’t want to break the law
D. he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. That some people refuse hitchhikers may reflect the safety fear.
B. Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.
C. 40% of UK people don’t have access to cars.
D. Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.
3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means .
A. murderous hitchhikers
B.friendly and talkative hitchhikers
C. typical hitchhikers
D.strange hitchhikers like the author
4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to .
A. visit websites and find people to share cars with
B. stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out
C. stick out signs with their destinations written on
D. wait for some kind people to pick them up
5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author ________ .
A. frequently hitchhikes in Britain
B. plans to hitchhike across Europe
C. thinks public transport is safer for travel
D. is going to contact the tank commander
高二英语阅读理解困难题
We all remember seeing hitchhikers(搭便车的人), standing by the side of the road, thumb sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.
But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?
Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red,
spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.
The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out(actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.
In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.
1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because_____________ .
A. they were not heading towards Manchester
B. they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous
C. hitchhiking had been forbidden and they didn’t want to break the law
D. he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. That some people refuse hitchhikers may reflect the safety fear.
B. Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.
C. 40% of UK people don’t have access to cars.
D. Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.
3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means .
A. murderous hitchhikers
B.friendly and talkative hitchhikers
C. typical hitchhikers
D.strange hitchhikers like the author
4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to .
A. visit websites and find people to share cars with
B. stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out
C. stick out signs with their destinations written on
D. wait for some kind people to pick them up
5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author ________ .
A. frequently hitchhikes in Britain
B. plans to hitchhike across Europe
C. thinks public transport is safer for travel
D. is going to contact the tank commander
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We all remember seeing hitchhikers, standing by the side of the road, thumb, sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.
But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?
Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.
The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.
In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.
1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because________.
A.they were not heading towards Manchester |
B.they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous |
C.hitchhiking had been handed and they didn’t want to break the law |
D.he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous |
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Movies have discouraged people from hitchhiking |
B.Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK. |
C.25% of UK people don’t have access to cars. |
D.Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking. |
3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means________.
A.murderous hitchhikers | B.friendly and talkative hitchhikers |
C.typical hitchhikers | D.strange hitchhikers like the author |
4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to________.
A.visit websites and find people to share cars with |
B.stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out |
C.stick out signs with their destinations written on |
D.wait for some kind people to pick them up |
5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author________.
A.frequently hitchhikes in Britain |
B.plans to hitchhike across Europe |
C.thinks public transport is safer for travel |
D.is going to contact the tank commander |
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
We all remember seeing hitchhikers, standing by the side of the road, thumb, sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.
But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?
Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picks me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.
The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people—wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people—will stop.
In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.
1.The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because________.
A. they were not heading towards Manchester
B. they thought most hitchhikers were dangerous
C. hitchhiking had been banned and they didn’t want to break the law
D. he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous
2.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. Movies have discouraged people from hitchhiking
B. Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.
C. 25% of UK people don’t have access to cars.
D. Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.
3.The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means________.
A. murderous hitchhikers B. friendly and talkative hitchhikers
C. typical hitchhikers D. strange hitchhikers like the author
4.According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to________.
A. visit websites and find people to share cars with
B. stand by roads with their thumbs sticking out
C. stick out signs with their destinations written on
D. wait for some kind people to pick them up
5.From the last paragraph, we know that the author________.
A. frequently hitchhikes in Britain
B. plans to hitchhike across Europe
C. thinks public transport is safer for travel
D. is going to contact the tank commander
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A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking(搭便车)on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road.The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop.The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel(方向盘)!
The car started to move very slowly. The man looked at the road and saw a curve (拐弯处)coming his way. Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve.Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky (幽灵般的)car. Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town. In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky.
Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!
About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there’s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”
1.After he entered the car, the man found ____________.
A.it didn’t move at all. B.it moved very quickly.
C.there was no driver in it. D.someone was pushing it.
2.When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man _______________ .
A.felt very curious B.was extremely frightened
C.cried for help D.remained as calm as possible
3.According to the passage, what made the man’s experience believable?
A.His reasonable behavior. B.His vivid description.
C.His plain appearance. D.His honest attitude.
4.We can infer from the passage that ____________ .
A.it is unsafe for people to take a free ride
B.the man was telling a lie to his listeners
C.the car probably broke down on the way
D.the two young men were familiar with the man
5.As a whole , the story of the man can best be described as ______________ .
A.strange B.puzzling C.mysterious D.funny
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I’m sorry, but I didn’t see how we can get all this work you assigned_______ by next Tuesday.
A. having done B. done C. being done D. to do
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October 1, 2009 is a special day, ________ I think, that will be remembered by all the Chinese forever.
A.which B.what C.it D.one
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We were all very much attracted by the beautiful scenery ______ we set foot in the village.
A. quickly B. suddenly C. finally D. immediately
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What is great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides?
These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability.
Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.
So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today.
Critics often don’t recognize great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.
But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking, and that it is inherently (内在的) beautiful.
Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.
1.The first paragraph is intended to__________.
A.lead to the following and arouse the reader’s curiosity |
B.introduce some real painters to the readers |
C.introduce the questions the writer wants to answer |
D.explain what kind of art will become popular |
2.The author used the examples of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Van Gogh to prove _____.
A.these masters’ works have some shortcomings |
B.these masters wouldn’t have been so successful without the critics |
C.truly beautiful works of art are never understood when first created |
D.great masters are often not acknowledged while they were alive |
3.According to the author, great works _______.
A.may be presented in different forms |
B.are generally valued by critics |
C.are thought valuable because of their sale price |
D.will lose their value if they’re not accepted |
4.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Critics have changed their attitudes to great works. |
B.Most of the opinions of critics are valueless. |
C.The work of art itself, not the critics, determines its greatness. |
D.Works of Impressionist painters will be great one day. |
高二英语阅读理解极难题查看答案及解析
We received £1550 in cash and promises of another £650, making £2200 .
A.in all | B.after all | C.by the way | D.on the way |
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Without sleeves, the scars on his arms were clearly ____________. We all pretended I couldn’t see them.
A.convinced B.transparent C.exposed D.occupied
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