4．I was going to Paris，which I'd always wanted to see．But now I was frightened to travel alone．I arrived at the train station in Paris．I hadn't spoken my college French for twenty years．On my first metro ride，I came across an incompetent（不勝任的）thief．I just stared at him，and he stopped his hand from my purse and disappeared into the crowd．Somewhere in this confusing city was my hotel hidden，but the directions suddenly weren't easy to find．When I finally found the hotel，my heart was beating heavily，and I was sweating like a basketball player．I couldn't stay．Could I？The wallpaper looked like it had been through a fire．The bathroom was downstairs，and the window looked out onto the brick wall of another building．Welcome to Paris．I sincerely wanted to die．I missed my friends．I was entering my third week away from home and my kids，and I had arrived in the most romantic city in the world，alone，lonely and frightened．
The most important thing I did in Paris happened at that moment．I knew that if I didn't go out，right then，and find a place to have dinner，I would hide in this small room my entire time in Paris．I might never learn to enjoy the world as a single individual．So I went out．Evening in Paris was light and pleasant．I walked along a path，listening to birds sing，watching children float toy boats in a huge fountain．No one seemed to be in a hurry．Paris was beautiful．And I was here alone and suddenly not lonely．My sense of accomplishment overcoming my fear and weakness had left me feeling free．I wore out two pairs of shoes during my week's stay in Paris．I did everything there was to do，and it was the greatest week of my European vacation．I returned home，becoming a believer in the power of traveling alone．Now when I meet difficulties I just say to myself，"If I can go to Paris，I can go anywhere．"
31．What happened on my first metro ride？D
A．I came across a skillful thief．
B．I bravely caught a thief trying to steal
C．The thief successfully stole my purse
D．I scared away a thief trying to steal
32．The room in the hotel where I livedB．
A．had just gone through a big fire
B．was in very poor conditions
C．had a good sight through the window
D．was very small and untidy
33．Which of the following is NOT true？A
A．I was not lonely when I got to Paris．
B．I felt frightened travelling alone in Paris at first．
C．I then felt not lonely for the people around me in Paris．
D．I had a lot of walking during my stay in Paris．
34．The lifestyle of French people can be considered asB．
A．hasty
B．relaxed
C．a(chǎn)nxious
D．a(chǎn)ggressive
35．As to the writer，the power of traveling alone isD．
A．the power of being independent
B．the power of feeling free
C．the power of becoming optimistic
D．the power of overcoming difficulties．
分析 本文作者講述了自己在巴黎的經(jīng)歷，剛到巴黎時一切都不適應(yīng)，恐懼與孤獨．后來通過自己的意志力慢慢地克服了孤獨與害怕的心理．這次經(jīng)歷也成就了作者現(xiàn)在積極的生活態(tài)度．
解答 31．答案D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"On my first metro ride，I came across an incompetent thief．I just stared at him，and he stopped his hand from my purse and disappeared into the crowd"可知．在作者第一次坐地鐵時，遇到了一個沒有偷走他錢包的無能的小偷．故選D．
32．答案B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"The wallpaper looked like it had been through a fire．The bathroom was downstairs，and the window looked out onto the brick wall of another building．"可知，作者所住的旅館的壁紙，浴室，窗戶等都慘不忍睹．可見住宿環(huán)境很不好．故選B．
33．答案A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"I had arrived in the most romantic city in the world，alone，lonely and frightened．"可知，作者到達巴黎以后，又孤獨，又害怕．A項顯然不正確．故選A．
34．答案B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"No one seemed to be in a hurry．"可知，巴黎的人們不急不慢．沒有人是著急的，可見生活節(jié)奏慢，很輕松．故選B．
35．答案D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"My sense of accomplishment overcoming my fear and weakness had left me feeling free"和"Now when I meet difficulties I just say to myself，"If I can go to Paris，I can go anywhere"可知，作者給自己鼓勁，克服了困難，才讓自己感覺到自由和成就感．現(xiàn)在仍在鼓勵自己要克服自己面對的困難．因此作者克服自己的孤獨是克服給予他力量．故選D．
點評 本文考查人生感悟類文章的閱讀水平，學(xué)生需要認真閱讀原文，把握文章大意，對文章脈絡(luò)有整體的了解，能仔細查找文中細節(jié)，并能根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進行合理的推測判斷．
