Question

    My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours. My three children had been addicted to this cassette on our previous summer’s road trip.

As I began to prepare for our next 500-mile car trip, I came across a book Jim Trelease’s The Read Aloud Handbook. This could be the answer to my problem. I thought. So I put Roald dahl’s James and the Giant Peach into my bag. When I began to read aloud the tale of the boy who escapes the bad guys by hiding inside a giant peach, my three kids argued and wrestled in their seats. But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen.

We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights of the trip. I read wilson Rawls’s Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach. We arrived just behind the power crews restoring (恢复) electricity after a tropical storm. The rain continued most of the week, and the beach was covered with oil washed up by the storm. When we returned home, I asked my son what he liked about the trip. He answered without hesitation, “The book you read in the car.”

Road trips still offer challenges, even though my children now are teenagers. But we continue to read as we roll across the country. And I m beginning to see that reading aloud has done more than help pass the time. For at least a little while, we are not shut in our own electronic worlds. And maybe we’ve started something that will pass on to the next generation.

1.Why did the author start reading in the car?

A. She wanted to have a better journey. B. She wanted to keep a family tradition

C. Her children were addicted to music. D. She wanted to kill the time.

2.How did the children react after the author read a few lines?

A. They kept quarelling. B. They hid themselves.

C. They soon settled down. D. They continued to fight in their seats.

3.What can we learn about the author and her family’s trip to the beach?

A. They were caught in a storm. B. They enjoyed reading on the road.

C. They had a good time on the beach. D. They thought it had passed too quickly.

4.Which can be the best title for the text?

A. Better Reading than Traveling B. Books that Changed My Children

C. Road Trips Full of Challenges D. Reading Makes Great Road Trips

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文讲述了作者原本开启家庭传统—“在车里阅读 “的动力完全是自私的，没想到它竟然使枯燥的旅程变得有趣享受。

1.推理判断题。My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours.得知作者忍受不了在旅途10小时中一直听芝麻街圣诞，所以为了使旅途更愉快，他开启了阅读的传统。故选A。

2.事实细节题。根据But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen，得知作者在车里给孩子们读书，没读几行孩子们就安静了。故选C。

3.事实细节题。根据We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights of the trip. I read Wilson Rawls's Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach.得知作者一家在去海边的旅途中很享受在车里读书。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。根据上下文得知本文讲述了作者原本开启家庭传统—“在车里阅读 “的动力完全是自私的，没想到它竟然使枯燥的旅程变得有趣享受。因此最佳标题是“阅读使旅途变得美好“。故选D。