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People aren’t walking any more---if they can figure out a way to avoid it.

I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.

It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.

Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise--- the most familiar and natural of all.

It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.

The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.

1.What is the national sickness?

A. Walking too much

B. Traveling too much

C. Driving cars too much

D. Climbing stairs too much.

2.What was life like when the author was young?

A. People usually went around on foot.

B. people often walked 25 miles a day.

C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.

D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.

3.The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that________.

A. middle-aged people like getting back to nature

B. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind

C. people need regular exercise to keep fit

D. going on foot prevents heart disease

4.What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?

A. A queue of cars B. A ray of traffic light

C. A flash of lightning D. A stream of people

5.What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?

A. To tell people to reflect more on life.

B. To recommend people to give up driving

C. To advise people to do outdoor activities

D. To encourage people to return to walking

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要從作者自身的角度來呼吁人們更多地用步行來代替汽車等交通工具，鼓勵人們回歸大自然，減少汽車等的使用。

1.The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either.”可知，只有281步的距離，作者卻習(xí)慣性地開車前往，作者認(rèn)為自己也成了motorosis的一名受害者。A步行過度；B旅行過度；C開車過度；D爬樓過度。故選C。

2.At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk...”可知，年輕時候，作者認(rèn)為步行25里是很有好處的，但沒有提到每天步行25里，排除B；C項未提及；根據(jù)“It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship.”可知，D項錯誤，故選A。

3.The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world.”可知，步行的時候，可以了解樹木、花草、昆蟲、鳥兒、動物等，從而豐富自己的內(nèi)心世界，故選B。

4.but we have made it our way of life. ...To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road.”可知，人們過于依賴汽車，以至于變得不敢接觸大自然。一輛輛的汽車在道路上排成一條鋼鐵般的長河，而對于他們來說，安全感就是坐在自己的車?yán)铩９蔬xA。

5.

考點：環(huán)保類短文閱讀