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.
小題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
小題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.
小題3:The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means    .
A．murderous hitchhikersB．friendly and talkative hitchhikers
C．typical hitchhikersD．strange hitchhikers like the author
小題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
小題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

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
文章討論的是為什么搭便車(chē)這種現(xiàn)象越來(lái)越少？并給出了令人信服的原因。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一行a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous可知他很高大穿著很奇怪的衣服人讓他看起來(lái)很危險(xiǎn)，這讓單身的女司機(jī)不敢讓他搭便車(chē)，故D正確。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)第二段第一句But the reason may be more complex可知作者認(rèn)為搭便車(chē)這種現(xiàn)象越來(lái)越來(lái)的原因很復(fù)雜，不僅僅是第一段中提到的電影的問(wèn)題。故A正確。
小題3:D 推理題。文章第二段中提及他自己來(lái)路邊搭便車(chē)，結(jié)果沒(méi)有人愿意帶他。原因也許是因?yàn)樗拈L(zhǎng)相和衣著。第三段中My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. pick up停車(chē)接的也許就是我這樣穿著和長(zhǎng)相的人，故D正確。
小題4:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段1,2行The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org.可知在未來(lái)，人們可能在通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò)來(lái)尋找搭車(chē)的人。故A正確。
小題5:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段2,3行I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond.可知他打算靠搭車(chē)環(huán)游歐洲。故B正確。
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