Unit 2 Travelling Around 拓展阅读专项训练(二)
刷阅读理解
体裁:记叙文 题材:社会热点 词数:323 难度:中 建议用时:7分钟
A while back I caught a news report on something called “couch surfing” and the network who make this phenomenon possible. They offer to put up travellers free of charge and help them on their ways. At first, it sounded unbelievable. I mean, inviting strangers into one’s home for one or two nights Give me a break.
However, I was intrigued. I decided to investigate. The only way to truly learn about this phenomenon was to dive in. So I planned a trip to Finland, a country I’ve always wanted to explore. I would couch surf at every stop there.
If ever any anxiety existed when stepping into the unknown, it disappeared when my first host met me at the train station. Ari looked like my idea of a typical Finn: tall and blue-eyed. Finns were also supposed to be famously reserved(寡言的). Ari was anything but. He was a live wire, giving me an enthusiastic welcome and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in lively conversation. He also handed me a key to come and go as I pleased.
If this was what couch surfing was all about—trust and friendship—then I had got off to a good start. As I boarded my next train to continue my journey, I began to think about this couch-surfing idea. What urged these people to open their homes to strangers I concluded that there was a desire to lend a hand to like-minded folks who might enrich their own lives.
Seven cities in 14 days. Seven hosts. Seven new friends. If couch surfing taught me anything, it’s this: Most people are good and generous. Where will couch surfing take me next Who knows But I can’t wait to find out.
1. Which of the following best explains “intrigued” underlined in the second paragraph
A. Relaxed. B. Disgusted. C. Interested. D. Embarrassed.
2. What can we know about Ari
A. He was reserved like most Finns.
B. He talked less but he was friendly.
C. He treated the author as a friend.
D. He saw off the author at the train station.
3. Why did people offer couch surfing to strangers
A. To take an adventure with strangers.
B. To exchange houses for a short time.
C. To learn more about others’ family lives.
D. To enrich their own lives by helping others.
4. What can be the suitable title for the text
A. Travel on Trust and Couches
B. A Free travel in Finland
C. Experiences in Strangers’ Houses
D. A Plan for Couch Surfing
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体裁:议论文 题材:社会生活 词数:286 难度:中 建议用时:13分钟
Many people enjoy taking trips by themselves. Unluckily, they do not always have the best 1 . Instead, people should consider group tours. Taking a group tour is a wise choice for people to 2 themselves.
First, group tours plan travellers’ routes, so people don’t have to 3 where they are going next or how they are getting there. They can just 4 and enjoy their trip. For example, my family once took a group tour to China. The travel agency 5 everything for us. We just looked at the schedule the travel agency had 6 and followed it. Thanks to the travel agency, we had a pleasant trip. This made things 7 for my father since he didn’t have to worry about where we would go next and stay at night.
Another 8 of group tours is that they allow people to communicate with one another while travelling. Travellers are able to develop 9 with people they would never have met 10 they are travelling together for a number of days. As I know, my parents 11 Russia on a group tour for their honeymoon. They met another couple on that trip, and everyone had a great time together. Even after many years, they still 12 together from time to time. If my parent had travelled by themselves, it would have been 13 for them to get to know this couple.
In short there is 14 better than a group tour when travelling. Group tours schedule everything on the trip, and they give us the chance to meet others and make friends with them. Group tours are the 15 way to travel when taking a trip.
1. A. map B. cars C. places D. vacations
2. A. help B. enjoy C. praise D. encourage
3. A. guess B. prove C. worry about D. talk about
4. A. relax B. stop C. walk D. show
5. A. made use of B. took care of C. ran out of D. caught sight of
6. A. provided B. found C. changed D. bought
7. A. earlier B. easier C. slower D. worse
8. A. rule B. question C. purpose D. advantage
9. A. skills B. programmes C. friendships D. treatments
10. A. because B. unless C. if D. although
11. A. left B. visited C. forgot D. missed
12. A. dance B. learn C. cook D. travel
13. A. certain B. important C. impossible D. unnecessary
14. A. something B. nothing C. somebody D. nobody
15. A. best B. last C. only D. new
答案:
刷阅读理解
【语篇导读】本文主要讲述了作者从初步了解到亲身体验“沙发旅行”这种旅游模式(在旅游时,由一个陌生的当地人提供免费吃住并担当导游,这是基于相互信任和共同趣味建立起来的一种旅游模式),再到得出感悟的全过程。
1. C词义猜测题。根据画线词后的 I decided to investigate.可知,作者对此感兴趣,决定展开调查。由此可知画线词词义为“感兴趣”,故选C项。
2. C细节理解题。根据第三段的最后两句 He was a live wire, giving me an enthusiastic welcome and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in lively conversation. He also handed me a key to come and go as I pleased.可知,阿里对作者非常热情并且非常信任,像对待朋友一样对待作者,故选C项。
【知识积累】anything but, nothing but, all about及 everything but的用法
(1) anything but意为“决不,根本不”(表示强调)。如:I will be anything but quiet on Saturday night!星期六的晚上我根本静不下来!
(2) nothing but意为“只有;只是”。如:All that money brought nothing but sadness,misery and tragedy.那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。
(3) all but意为“几乎,差不多”。如:He has been all but forgotten他几乎已被人遗忘。
(4) everything but意为“除了…….之外的一切事物”。如:I possess everything but you in the world.在世界上,我拥有了一切,除了你。
3. D细节理解题。根据第四段的第三、四句 What urged these people to open their homes to strangers?I concluded that there was a desire to lend a hand to like-minded folks who might enrich their own lives.可知,人们向陌生人提供“沙发旅行”服务是为了通过帮助他人来充实自己的生活,故选D项。
4. A主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要讲述了作者从初步了解到亲身体验“沙发旅行”这种旅游模式,再到得出感悟的全过程。全文围绕两个关键词 couch(指在当地陌生人的家里基于相互信任共同生活一两天)和 travel展开,故选A项。
长难句分析 He was a live wire,giving me an enthusiastic welcome and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in lively conversation.
句式分析:He was a live wire是主干,giving...and hiking…,是两个并列的非谓语动词短语作状语,后面的 where引导非限制性定语从句。
句意:他是一个活跃的人,热情地欢迎我,并和我一起走到他的公寓,在那里他给我看了沙发床、给我倒了茶并和我进行了愉快的交谈。
刷完形填空
【语篇导读】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了跟团旅行的好处,比如旅行社会为你安排好一切、在旅行中可以交到新朋友等,借此鼓励大家跟团旅行。
1. D由前面的 taking trips可知,很多人喜欢独自旅行,但他们并非总能拥有最好的假期。vacation意为“假期”。故选D项。
2. B句意为:跟团旅行是一个让人们玩得痛快的明智的决定。enjoy oneself意为“玩得尽兴”。故选B项。
3. C根据第二段中的 didn’t have to worry about where we would go next可知,跟团旅行会提前计划好旅行路线,所以人们不用担心他们下一步要去哪里或者怎样到达那里。worry about意为“担心”。故选C项。
4. A由空后的 enjoy their trip可知,他们只需要放松自己,享受他们的旅行。此空需要一个与 enjoy感彩相近的词,relax合适,故选A项。
5. B句意为:旅行社为我们打点好了一切。take care of意为“处理”。故选B项
6. A句意为:我们只要看旅行社给我们提供的日程表并照做就行。日程表应是被旅行社“提供”的;provide意为“提供”,符合语境。故选A项。
7. B根据空后的 since he didn’t have to worry about where we would go next可知,跟团旅行可以使事情变得更容易,不用担心下一站去哪里等问题,故选B项。
8. D空后的 that they allow people to…是跟团旅行的另一个好处:在旅行的时候可以和其他人交流。前一段讲了跟团旅行的一个优点,此段是论述另一个优点。故选D项。
9. C下文讲述了作者的父母在一次旅行途中结识了另外一对夫妇并建立了友谊的例子,故此处是说,旅行者可以和他们本来从不可能见到的人发展友谊。friendship意为“友谊”。故选C项。
10. A空后的“他们一起旅行很多天”与空前的“旅行者可以和他们本来从不可能见到的人发展友谊”之间是因果关系,前为果后为因。故选A项。
11. B根据下文中的 on that trip可知,作者父母的蜜月旅行是跟团去了俄罗斯。visit意为“游览”。故选B项。
12. D根据上文可知,作者的父母在一次旅行中结识了那对夫妻,即使很多年后作者的父母也偶尔和那对夫妻一起旅行,故选D项。
13. C该句为虚拟语气,表达的意思是:如果(当初)作者的父母自己去旅行,就不可能认识这对夫妻了。impossible意为“不可能”。故选C项。
【方法总结】学会识别完形填空中的虚拟语气
英文中的虚拟语气用来表示说的话不是事实,或者是不可能发生的情况,是一种愿望、建议或假设。尤其是ⅱ虚拟语气条件句在完形填空中经常出现,如果能正确识别出虚拟语气,可以快速而正确地理解文章内容。本题所在的句子即为虚拟语气。
14. B全文都在讲述跟团旅行的好处,故此处是说没有比跟团旅行更好的了。there is nothing better than为常用句式,意为“没有比……更好的了”。故选B项。
15. A根据上文列举的跟团旅行的优点可知,作者认为跟团旅行是最好的旅行方式。故选A项。
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