Question

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television,

cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”

1.The best title for the passage would be _________.

A．Touched by the Moon                    B．The Pleasures of Modern Life

C．A Bottomless well of Silence               D．Break away from Modern life

2.The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.

A．there was too much pollution.

B．he failed to see the fullest moon.

C．he didn’t adapt to modern inventions

D．there were too many accidents on the road.

3.What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A．No modern equipment.                   B．Complete silence.

C．The nice moon.                         D．The high mountain.

4.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.

A．show that the writer likes city life very much.

B．tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.

C．explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.

D．show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.

5.The author wrote the passage to __________.

A．express the feeling of returning to nature.

B．show the love for the moonlight.

C．advise modern people to learn to live.

D．want to communicate longing for modern life.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者开车去朋友家，结果被正在升起的满月吸引住了，看到这美景感到非常的后悔，以前怎么没有注意到呢。作者还描写了一次带着女儿去山里，没有电没有水，但是却有美丽的月光陪伴，感到了非常的惬意。

1.这是标题归纳题。根据文章的开头及结尾可以看出，在强调月光应选A。

2.这是细节理解题。根据thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.以前没有看到过满月，真是可惜，故选B。

3.这是细节理解题。根据And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

给作者印象最深的是月光，故选C。

4.这是推理判断题。根据Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.有了现代化的东西人们很少出来活动了，故选C。

5.这是写作意图题。根据I know the feeling.和Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”可以看出作者主要表达了自己的回归自然的心情，故选A。

考点：这是一篇记叙文。