Question

Driving to the airport in the early morning, I felt excited. Although I was heading abroad for my first time alone, I felt cheerful and enthusiastic. I was spending the summer in Paris.

While looking for more interesting things to do besides sleeping and eating, I found programs for learning languages abroad, and jumped at the chance to study French in this city known for its art, fashion, food, and culture. As I arrived at the airport where I would leave my family, I still felt only great happiness. I excitedly made my way through security, leaving my loved ones behind.

My connecting flight was in Frankfurt, Germany, 14hours from Denver. Sitting in a crowded plane watching bad movies couldn’t dampen my excitement. When the woman next to me asked me where I was going, I happily answered and was pleased to note a tone of jealousy in her response.

But when I arrived in Frankfurt, fear and anxiety began to set in. Being in an enormous, busy building in a country where I couldn’t speak the language was frightening, but as I found my way, I gained confidence. When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour, I was filled with excitement as I thought of how I would manage in a country with a new language.

When I stepped on the ground of Pairs for the first time, I was extremely happy and excited. I gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people waiting for friends and family. I quickly had my first experience trying to communicate in a language that I had only practiced in school. As I left the airport, I looked for familiar monuments I had read about, but the landscape looked very ordinary. Then，with one sharp turn, the Eiffel Tower came into view, and I was finally in Pairs.

1.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. It was the first time that the writer had traveled abroad.

B. In the new term the writer was to study French in Paris.

C. The crowded plane made the writer less excited.

D. The writer flew to Paris via another country.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The writer was travelling with a woman friend of her parents’.

B. Arriving in Paris, the writer saw some family friends waiting for her.

C. The writer was not along when travelling to the airport in Denver.

D. The writer had great difficulty communicating with people in French.

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The writer’s excitement and happiness on her journey to Paris.

B. The writer’s exciting experiences of studying French in Paris.

C. The writer’s expectation for French art, fashion, food and culture.

D. The writer’s excitement resulting from her first ride on a plane

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】

1.根据文章第一段的第二句话排除A；根据文章第一段的第三句话I was spending the summer in Paris排除B；根据文章的第三段的第一句话排除C。由文章第三段首句“My connecting flight was in Frankfurt, Germany, 14hours from Denver.”和第四段“But when I arrived in Frankfurt, fear and anxiety began to set in.When I boarded the second plane”可以看出作者去巴黎的途中要转换飞机的。，故判断D正确。

2.A作者和她父亲的一位女士朋友一起旅游，根据文章第一段的第二句话排除A；B到达巴黎作者发现一些家人朋友正在等着她，根据文章第五段的第二句话排除B；D作者用法语和人们交流有困难，根据文章最后一段的第三句话排除D；由文中第二段最后一句“As I arrived at the airport where I would leave my family, I still felt only great happiness. I excitedly made my way through security, leaving my loved ones behind.”可知有家人送作者去机场。又由于“My connecting flight was in Frankfurt, Germany, 14hours from Denver.”可知Denver是作者出发的地方。故选C。

3.A作者在去巴黎路途中的兴奋和幸福；B作者在巴黎学法语的兴奋经历；C作者对法国艺术、时装、食物和文化的期待；D作者源自自己坐飞机的兴奋。纵观全文作者主要描述的是去往巴黎途中的兴奋和开心，文中多次出现excitement 和happiness的描述。通读全文，并根据文章最后一段的第一句话和第一段的第一句话判断选A。