Question

Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商業(yè)廣告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. “Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” “Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” “Fill up with Pacific Gas. “Only when you have fallen asleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, can you get separated from the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”
As for the ride itself, the beginning of it is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things are keeping changing out of the windows — various houses, crop fields, attractive bridges, … and sometimes even a small accident. Your bus driver may have a unique style of driving and it’s fun trying experience it the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (魯莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (驚心動魄的) as an adventurous story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know the riding will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement with that. The seat, of course, has become harder for the hours having passed. By now you may sit with your legs crossed, or with your hands in your lap, or with your hands on the arms, or even with your hands crossed behind your head. That is to say that the end comes just at no more ways to sit

1. 1.
   According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?
   1. A.
      Buses on the road
   2. B.
      Films on television
   3. C.
      Advertisements on the billboards
   4. D.
      Gas stations
2. 2.
   What is the purpose of this passage?
   1. A.
      To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips
   2. B.
      To persuade you to take some long bus riding
   3. C.
      To explain how bus trips and television shows differ
   4. D.
      To describe the billboards along the road
3. 3.
   The writer of this passage would probably prefer ______
   1. A.
      those reckless bus drivers
   2. B.
      driving with no one around
   3. C.
      a television set on the bus
   4. D.
      no billboards along the road
4. 4.
   The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ______
   1. A.
      the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun
   2. B.
      they both have a beginning, a middle and an end, with commercials in between
   3. C.
      the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
   4. D.
      both traveling by bus itself and watching TV programs on bus are not exciting
5. 5.
   The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are
   1. A.
      exciting
   2. B.
      comfortable
   3. C.
      tiring
   4. D.
      boring

Answer 1

CADBA
本文講述了在倫敦的長途旅行中的廣告現(xiàn)象，并征求了大家對此的態(tài)度和觀點。
1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段前3行Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商業(yè)廣告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable.說明廣告隨處可見，無法避免，故C項正確。
2.A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段Long bus rides are like television shows以及As for the ride itself和The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning都說明本文講述的是long bus trips征求大家對此的觀點，故A項正確。
3.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后2行“Only when you have fallen asleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, can you get separated from the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”說明作者以及厭倦了如此多的廣告，故D項正確。
4.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商業(yè)廣告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window.說明廣告有開頭，中間也有結(jié)尾，還穿插了商業(yè)廣告，就像電視劇一樣。故B正確。
5.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know the riding will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement with that.說明在長途旅行的開頭和結(jié)尾都很讓人興奮，故A正確。
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