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, 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. Break away from Modern life

C. A Bottomless well of Silence

D. The Pleasures of 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.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.

4.The author wrote the passage to __________.

A. show the love for the moonlight.

B. want to communicate longing for modern life.

C. advise modern people to learn to live.

D. express the feeling of returning to nature.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 在开车去朋友家的路上，作者被朋友家屋顶上冉冉升起的美丽的满月吸引了。作者停下来看了片刻，觉得大多数住在城里的人错过这样的美景真是遗憾

1.A 考查主旨标题。根据第一段的“I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop”和第二段的“It had touched much of his life.”及第三段的“And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.”还有最后一段的“...touched the moon”可知，作者和朋友都被月亮的美打动了，故选A项。

2.B 考查细节理解题。根据第一段“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”可知，作者和大多数人一样，住在大城市里，错过了欣赏满月美景，故选B项。

3.C 考查推理判断题。根据第四段提到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项。

4.考查写作意图。根据最后一段提到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.不久后我去个小村舍，在那种蔬菜，读书，散步，我变成一个老人，挽着裤子，但我会在寒冷的外面散步，接触大自然，可知，作者表达了回归大自然的强烈欲望，故选D项。

考点 ：日常生活类阅读。