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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 any 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 exercises. A person who avoids exercise 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 Paragraph6?

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

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇議論文，指出現(xiàn)代社會人們過分依賴汽車而越來越少地步行這一現(xiàn)象，作者通過和自己小時候經(jīng)歷作比較，又加以一些研究結(jié)果說明步行對人們生活帶來的好處，鼓勵人們少使用汽車，回歸步行，享受生活。

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2.I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs可知作者年輕時應(yīng)該是經(jīng)常步行的，A項正確。同時根據(jù) 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可知B項表述不準(zhǔn)確，D項錯誤，C項是在作者45歲的時候才發(fā)生的。

3.t was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot.可知在大自然中步行可以豐富個人思想，即B項正確。

4. steel river是一種自然現(xiàn)象，那么根據(jù)文本可知此處應(yīng)該是一種與交通方式相關(guān)的詞匯，A項a queue of cars 最佳。

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