Question

B  [2015 .江西新余一中高三三模] 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 any 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(免疫的)，for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as a good day's walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as a 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 foot?ball player the 168 steps up the Statue of Liberty.

Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physi?cian* Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exer?cise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking 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, flow?ers, 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.

4.  What was life like when the author was young?

 A.     People often walked 25 miles a day.

B.     People usually went around on foot.

C.     People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.

D.     People considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.

5. The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that___________ .

 A.     middle-aged people like getting back to nature

B.     people need regular exercise to keep fit

C.     walking in nature helps enrich one's mind

D.     going on foot prevents heart disease

6. What is compared to "a steel river" in Paragraph 6? 

A. A ray of traffic light.   B.  A queue of cars.

C.  A flash of lightning.    D.  A stream of people.

7.What is the author's intention of writing this passage?

 A.     To encourage people to return to walking.

B.     To recommend people to give up driving.

C.     To advise people to do outdoor activities.

D.     To tell people to reflect more on life.

Answer 1

B [文章大意]本文是一篇議論文。作者認(rèn)為人們患了一種叫作motorosis的病，即人們過多地使用汽車而不走路。作者把現(xiàn)在的自己和年輕時(shí)的自己做了對比，同時(shí)又用專家的觀點(diǎn)來證明自己的觀點(diǎn)，以此鼓勵(lì)人們要回歸走路。

4. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知，作者年輕時(shí)靠自己的雙腿去每個(gè)地方，從沒感覺走路是一種痛苦。由此可知，在作者年輕時(shí)人們通�？孔约旱碾p腳到處走動。故選B項(xiàng)。

5.C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段第一句"It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot."可知選C項(xiàng)。

6.B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)"…while waiting for the traffic light to turn green."可知是車在等交通燈變綠，所以這里是指一排車。故選B項(xiàng)。

7. A推理判斷題。作者在文中批評了現(xiàn)代人步行很少，出行依靠車的生活方式，并敘述了步行的好處，目的在于鼓勵(lì)人們多步行， 少開車，過一種健康的生活。故選A項(xiàng)。