Question

    Many of my summer, childhood adventures were related to that classic American experience of the family road trip.

We visited Carlsbad Caverns when we took a trip out west so my father could look for work. A concrete tent called “tepee” by American Indians, which we spent the night in, has stuck in my mind. This was at Wigwam Village Motel in Holbrook, Arizona, on Route 66. The city was founded in 188 l, when the railroad was built, and named to honor the first chief engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. I slept on an army type bed just below the attractive air conditioner.

Another time, our family took our summer vacation at a small wooden house that belonged to one of my father 's friends for a couple of years in the Adirondacks. We had to take everything we needed up a steep hill to the house that you couldn't see from the road that passed in front of it. There was no mailbox and the only indication that there might be something there was a small courtyard where you could park a car. We had packed all the food and clothing we would need for one week. After all, it wasn't like there was a Walmart nearby.

The week's entertainment consisted of catching insects and snakes and playing in the small lake that was across the road from the house. I have never seen water as pristine (清澈) since. I would catch small fish by hand and set them free. Seven days passed before I knew it!

These trips are our family's history. We were making our, own history and placing the historical markers of our lives along the road.

1.What impressed the writer most in Holbrook?

A.A concrete tent. B.The city's long history.

C.The air conditioner. D.An army type bed.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.The steep hill. B.The wooden house.

C.The small courtyard. D.The family's car.

3.How did the writer like the summer vacation in the Adirondacks?

A.He enjoyed it very much.

B.He wasn't well prepared for it.

C.He found it inconvenient to stay there.

D.He considered it environment-friendly.

4.What's the best title for the text?

A.Lessons from my family B.Childhood adventures.

C.Summer family vacation D.Happy memories

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者和家人暑假度假的两次经历。

1.细节理解题。根据第2段A concrete tent called “tepee” by American Indians, which we spent the night in, has stuck in my mind.可知，在Holbrook的一个乡村旅馆里，一个混凝土帐篷在作者脑海中留下深刻印象。故选A 项。

2.词句推测题。分析有划线词it的句子结构，that you couldn't see from the road是定语从句， 修饰the house；that passed in front of it也是定语从句，修饰the road；the house that you couldn't see from the road that passed in front of it意为“房子前面有一条路经过，从那条路上你是看不到房子的”。因此it指the wooden house。故选B项。

3.推理判断题。根据第4段Seven days passed before I knew it!可知，作者在Adirondacks度暑假，捕捉昆虫和蛇，在湖里抓鱼，觉得时间过得飞快。因此作者在那里玩得很愉快。故选A项。

4.主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者和家人暑假度假的两次经历。根据第一段Many of my summer, childhood adventures …the family road trip.和最后一段 These trips are our family's history.可知，文章突出summer 和family。故选C项。