4．I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free．But eight months ag our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed．No problem，I thought：we'll buy another．But the insurance payout didn't even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car-I worked out that，with the loan （貸款） we'd need plus petrol，insurance parking permits and tax，we would make a payment as much as£600a month．
And that's when I had my fancy idea．Why not just give up having a car at all？I live in London．We have a railway station behind our house，a tube station 10minutes'walk away，and a bus stop at the end of the street．A new car club had just opened in our area，and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby．If any family in Britain could live without a car，I reasoned，then surely we were that family．
But my new car-free idea，sadly，wasn't shared by my family．My teenage daughters were horrified．What would their friends think about our family being"too poor to afford a car"？（I wasn't that bothered what they thought，and I suggested the girls should take the same approach．）
My friends，too，were astonished at our plan．What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital？（an ambulance） How would the children get to and from their many events？（buses and trains） People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas，before saying they were sure I'd soon realize that a car was a necessity．
Eight months on，I wonder whether we'll ever own a car again．The ideathat you"have to"own a car，especially if you live in a city，is all in the mind．I live-and many other citizens do too-in a place that has never been better served by public transport，and yet car ownership has never been higher．We worry about rising car costs，but e'd be better off asking something much more basic：do I really need a car？Certainly the answer is no，and I'm a lot richer because I dared to ask the question．
28．The author decided to live a car-free life partly becauseC．
A．most families chose to go car-free          
B．he was hurt in a terrible car accident
C．the cost of a new car was too much         
D．the traffic jam was unbearable for him
29．What is the attitude of the author's family toward his plan？B
A．Supportive．
B．Disapproving．
C．Optimistic．
D．Unconcerned．
30．What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends'opinion？D
A．Argue against it．
B．Take their advice．
C．Think it over．
D．Leave it alone．
31．What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life？C
A．Life cannot go without a car．
B．Life without a car is a little bit hard．
C．His life gets improved without a car．
D．A car-free life does not suit everyone．

分析 文章講述了使用一輛車的費用太高，作者決定利用城市里便捷的交通資源，這一想法遭到了子女和朋友的強烈反對，他們認為即使生活在城市里也需要擁有一輛車．

解答 28．C，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子But the insurance payout didn't even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car-I worked out that，with the loan （貸款） we'd need plus petrol，insurance parking permits and tax，we would make a payment as much as£600a month．可知買一輛新車的費用太高，故答案為C．
29．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子But my new car-free idea，sadly，wasn't shared by my family可知作者的家人并不支持其觀點，故答案為B．
30．D，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I wasn't that bothered what they thought，and I suggested the girls should take the same approach．可知他們的想法并沒有影響到我，我反而認為他們應(yīng)該采取跟我一樣的想法，故答案為D．
31．C，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子I live-and many other citizens do too-in a place that has never been better served by public transport，and yet car ownership has never been higher可知，在車主的花費越來越高的情況下，作者的無車計劃反而提高了他的生活質(zhì)量，故答案為C．

點評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．

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