Question

Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials （商业广告）thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste." "Drink Good 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 reckless （鲁莽的） or daring, the ride can be as thrilling （惊心动魄的） as a suspense 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 no more ways to sit.

1.What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips.

B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.

C. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

D. To describe the billboards along the road.

2.The writer of this passage would probably favor           .

A. bus drivers who aren’t reckless

B. driving alone

C. a television set on the bus

D. no bill boards along the road

3.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because           .

A. the commercials both on TV shows and on 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 reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

D. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.

4.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

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：长途汽车旅行就像一场电视节目，有开头，经过和结尾。也许故事的开始让你始料未及，但它的发展也让你难以预料。因为在旅行中你会看到很多的——广告。

1.主旨大意题。文章主要是介绍在长途汽车旅行时会在开始、途中和结束的时候看到各种各样的广告。故选D。

2.。根据“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!"”可知只有你睡着才能避开这一大堆的广告。因此作者是讨厌坐长途巴士旅行的，因而更喜欢自驾游。故选B。

3.细节理解题。由“They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials （商业广告）thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. ”可知不论是在商业广告牌还是在电视上的广告都很有意思。故选A。

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考点：社科类短文阅读。