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 ay 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(), 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…… is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And wlaking 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.
小題1:What is the national sickness?
A．Walking too much
B．Traveling too much
C．Driving cars too much
D．Climbing stairs too much.
小題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-j\hour walk as a hardship.
小題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
小題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
小題5:What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?
A．To tell people to reflect more non 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

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。敘述了現(xiàn)在的人們都愿意出門乘坐汽車，而不愿意步行，即使很近的路，也要自己開車去，其實(shí)有時(shí)路上堵車不一定比走著快。并且步行可以看到沿途的樹木、花草等，享受一下大自然的風(fēng)光，作者提倡大家要用以前的交通方式----步行。
小題1:C. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。國家的通病是什么？根據(jù)I had merely  become one more victim of a national sickness：motorosis.故選C。
小題2:A. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。當(dāng)作者年輕的時(shí)候生活是什么樣子？根據(jù)for I was bored in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs.可知作者年輕時(shí)人們通常步行，故選A。
小題3:B. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。作者提到Henry Thoreau 來證明什么？根據(jù)第五自然段可知作者提到Henry Thoreau步行能夠豐富人們的知識，故選B。
小題4:A. 考查詞義猜測。在第6段中把什么比作“a steel river”？根據(jù)The car is a convenient means of transport.Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more.可知這里指的是人們出門坐車，街上的車流量很大，就像河流一樣，連續(xù)不斷，故選A。
小題5:D. 考查作者意圖。作者寫這段的意圖是什么？根據(jù)短文的最后一段可知作者提倡大家要用以前的交通方式----步行。故選D。選項(xiàng)B是干擾最大的選項(xiàng)，推薦人們放棄駕駛。這個(gè)短文里沒有提到要人們放棄駕駛自己的汽車，而是盡可能做到采用步行的交通方式。
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B．a(chǎn)pologize for calling Allison a statue
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D．encourage Allison to fight in the next game
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B．keep the soccer field clean
C．find out Why the game was cancelled
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When the judge had finished what he was　　, Mrs. Green opened the big handbag she was　　and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she　　a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had　　done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed　　the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your　　. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight. ”
　　The judge took the　　and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Green was　　, and her record　　unbroken.
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A．fact　　　B．a(chǎn)ctionC．skill　　　D．a(chǎn)ge
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)boutB．onC．toD．for
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A．keptB．wonC．missedD．lost
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C．followed D．stopped
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A．passB．goC．runD．rush
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A．sureB．a(chǎn)ble C．certainD．like
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A．police B．judgeC．officerD．captain
小題8:
A．soB．very C．tooD．quite
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A．causeB．reasonC．matterD．trouble
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A．lightB．lamp C．sign D．one
小題11:
A．withB．becauseC．forD．of
小題12:
A．speakingB．saying
C．talkingD．telling
小題13:
A．holdingB．getting
C．carrying D．bringing
小題14:
A．tookB．broughtC．pickedD．chose
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)lmostB．hardly
C．successfully D．successful
小題16:
A．bothB．a(chǎn)llC．neitherD．either
小題17:
A．timeB．turn C．chanceD．job
小題18:
A．threadB．glassesC．needlesD．needle
小題19:
A．dismissed B．passed
C．settledD．studied
小題20:
A．wasB．kept
C．seemedD．remained

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