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1、检测题3. 阅读理解ATo hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him. To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all oth
2、er hikers. A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, and a student his red scarf. In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a drivers attention.When I hitch-hiked 9, 500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored
3、suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella. My suitcase was decorated with British flags. Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic(精神病患者). I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a
4、real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply.But even with careful preparation, you must not assume that the task will be easy. You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to a fierce prejudice against, (not to say hatred of)hitch-hikers, and would no more pick u
5、p a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London. In America, my average wait is half an hour, and my longest is two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day: they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice.Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, n
6、ormal people. On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi. There are also lesser(较小的)risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary(传教士), or just a bad
7、 driver. You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car. But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again.If the hitch-hiker in the US remembers that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and com
8、pany, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West. It will also help if he can driveI think that I drove myself about 4, 500 of those 9, 500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States.【文章大意】文章主要介绍了作者如何搭乘便车的一些经验, 如装束、等车、遇到的司机, 还特别提及了在美国的一些有关搭乘
9、便车的趣事。1. A serviceman should wear his uniform.A. so as not to look too unusualB. to attract attentionC. to show he is on dutyD. to put the driver at ease【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段“attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him. . . A servic
10、eman, for instance, should wear his uniform”可以得知答案。2. In Paragraph 3, we learn that the writer.A. has sometimes failed to hitch a rideB. has marched from Aldermaston to LondonC. has been successful in hitching a rideD. has had to wait for long hours for a ride【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句中my average wait
11、is half an hour, and my longest is two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day可知作者是比较成功的。3. The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that.A. it is dangerous to be in a car with strangersB. hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimesC. a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuseD. hitc
12、h-hikers might come across bad drivers【解析】选B。段落大意题。第四段的第一句是主题句。遇到的司机不见得个个都是正常人, 从后面的例子也得知乘便车是有危险性的。4. A suitable title for the passage would be“”.A. The art of hitch-hikingB. An Englishmans view of the USC. An English hitch-hikerD. The joys and dangers of hitch-hiking【解析】选A。主旨大意题。此处的art是“技巧”的意思。全文讲的
13、是搭乘便车的一些经验和技巧, 故A是最佳答案。B“Children should not be left unsupervised(无人监督的)to play with a dog. ”say experts in this weeks British Medical Journal. Their advice is part of a review aimed at doctors who deal with dog bites.“Dog bites and maulings are a worldwide problem, particularly in children. ”write
14、Marina Morgan and John Palmer. Every year 250, 000 people who have been bitten by dogs attend minor injuries and emergency units in the United Kingdom, and half of all children are reportedly bitten by dogs at some time, boys more than girls.Accurate death figures are difficult to obtain, but in the
15、 past five years, two to three cases a year have made news headlines.Based on the latest medical evidence, they advise doctors how to examine and treat a patient presenting with a dog bite. They discuss the risk of infection and when to refer to specialist care. For travelers bitten abroad, they sug
16、gest assessing the risk of rabies(狂犬病).In terms of prevention, they suggest that children should be taught to treat dogs with respect, avoid direct eye contact, and not tease them. They should be taught not to approach an unfamiliar dog; play with any dog unless under close supervision; run or scream in the presence of a dog; pet a dog without first letting it sniff you; or disturb a dog that is eating,
