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 roof-tops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers, 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 fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, papers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of which was spent indoors, I thought that 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 touch 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 moonlight.

D. The high mountains

4.Modern things (Paragragh 4) 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：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲的是作者在一天晚上去朋友家，发现美丽的月亮并被其所吸引，于是就思考着现代社会的人们越来越远离大自然，远离宁静的生活。所以，作者带上家人，邀上朋友一起去了山林里面一起回归自然，感受自然，享受宁静。

1. 主旨题。考查对全文的理解。全文的线索是美丽的月亮，有了被月亮打动才有作者后面的行为和一系列的思考，故选A，

2. 细节题。从第一段“thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers, myself included, usually miss sights like this…”想到，城市的居民包括我错过了这么美好的景象是多么的遗憾，因为我们花了太多的时间待在室内，故选B。

3. 细节题。从第三段最后一句“And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.”在我头顶之上的是深深震撼我的全月。故选C。

4. 主旨题。全文就是在表达现代人生活中被各种事务所占据而没有时间去亲近自然，感受自然。而第四段列举一系列的现代化工具就是为了说明人们因为这些而几乎没有多余的时间和 空间去走进自然。故选C。

5. 主旨题。最后一段作者用了大量篇幅来讲从山林里回来的感受与想法，表达了对回归自然的喜爱与欣喜，故选A。

考点：考查记叙文阅读