TV Shows and Long Bus Trips
Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end— with ads thrown in every three or four minutes. The ads are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard appears outside the bus window.“Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.”“Drink Good’n Wet Root Beer.”“Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed—new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly daring, the ride can be as exciting as a suspense(懸念) 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 it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests—even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There are just no more ways to sit.
小題1:According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?
A．Buses on the road.
B．Films on television.
C．Advertisements on billboards.
D．Gas stations.
小題2:What is the purpose of this passage?
A．To talk about the similarities between long bus trips and TV shows.
B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip.
C．To display the differences between long bus trips and TV shows.
D．To describe the billboards along the road.
小題3:The writer of this passage would probably favor      
A．bus drivers who weren’t caring.
B．driving alone.
C．a(chǎn) television set on the bus.
D．no billboards along the road.
小題4:The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because     
A．the ads both on TV shows and on the billboards along the road are fun.
B．they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between.
C．the drivers are always daring on TV shows just as they are on buses.
D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.
小題5:The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are   
A．exciting.
B．comfortable.
C．tiring.
D．boring.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A

小題1:C 細節(jié)理解題。第一段中介紹了乘客在坐長途車過程中所見的是廣告牌。 “the commercials”是“商業(yè)廣告”的意思;“billboard” 是“廣告牌”的意思，即 “advertisements on the board”。
小題2:A  寫作目的題。全文主要介紹作者對乘車長途旅行的感受。
小題3:D 推理判斷題。 第一段作者認為“商業(yè)廣告不可避免”和“只有睡覺才能躲避廣告”，由此可以推斷出作者不喜歡沿途的廣告牌。
小題4:B  推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段第一句和第二句“乘坐長途車就如同欣賞電視秀，有開端、有情節(jié)、也有結(jié)尾，每隔三四分鐘插播商業(yè)廣告”可知。
小題5:A  細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句“旅程的開始是舒適并且有些興奮的”和第三段第二句“你知道旅程將很快結(jié)束，就會產(chǎn)生一種期待和興奮”可知。
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How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may try to follow trends in Western countries，but your peers(同齡人)in the United States don't care as much about fashion(時尚)as you do．
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South Koreans, at 83 percent, cared most about their appearance. They were followed by the Chinese and Japanese while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 percent.
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A．A survey about the attitudes towards the fashion．
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C．Why Chinese students are happy．
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