Question

For Canadians, backpacking Europe is a special ceremony signifying a new life stage. Unlike package tours, backpacking is a struggle, full of discovery and chance connections. It is about focusing on something different from our own lives and losing ourselves in a new world, if only for a moment.

Well, that's what backpacking Europe is supposed to do. That’s what it used to do before modern communications, social media, and commercial hostelling (旅社). Older Canadians would not recognize the Europe that they backpacked in the 1960s, 1970s and even the 1980s. Far from a rough adventure into foreign cultures, the European experience has been shattered in part by today's technology.

A few years ago, I took my then 60-year-old father on a backpacking trip across part of Europe and Turkey. As he is an experienced traveler and someone who possesses a strong sense of adventure, I decided that we'd travel on a budget, staying in hostel dorms. For him, backpacking through Europe in 1969 was about independence and struggle. But two things surprised him at the end of our journey. First was how technology-based backpacking had become: Young people were so directly connected to home that they were hardly away in any meaningful sense. Second, the lack of connections we made with locals. Instead of making us feel closer to a place, he found commercial hostelling actually made us more alienated (疏遠的).

But there was some room for hope. While technology takes our attention away from the beauty and history before us, there were also ways in which it helped us to connect with our surroundings. Websites like Airbnb have made it easier to stay with enthusiastic locals. Couch Surfing helps organize meet-ups between locals and travelers. The online marketplace Dopios offers a chance to meet locals through enjoyable experiences like a personalized city tour.

Backpacking can never be the way it was for our parents’ generation. But doing a little study of history and culture before leaving, and bravely getting rid of any electronic devices while traveling, will help give young travelers a taste of the glory days.

1.The underlined word “shattered” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

A. broadened B. relived

C. ruined D. acquired

2.Which of the following can be used to describe the author’s father?

A. Sensitive. B. Adventurous.

C. Strict. D. Generous.

3.After the recent backpacking trip in Europe, the author’s father finds ________.

A. backpackers connect less with locals than before

B. young people dislike getting in touch with their family

C. a hostel is a nice place for travelers to meet each other

D. backpacking in Europe becomes more difficult than before

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards technology?

A. Negative.

B. Objective.

C. Uncertain.

D. Uninterested.

5.The text mainly discusses the relationship between ________.

A. technology and traveling

B. adventures and cultures

C. young people and their family

D. Canadian travelers and Europeans

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述了現(xiàn)代科技給背包旅行帶來的影響。背包旅行是發(fā)現(xiàn)之旅，一個人背包迷失在陌生的城市里。在這個過程中，你會和很多人產(chǎn)生聯(lián)系。但是，隨著現(xiàn)代通訊、社交媒體等的發(fā)展，現(xiàn)代科技正在逐漸地把人們的注意力從自然環(huán)境和人文景觀上移開。

1.Older Canadians would not recognize the Europe...Far from a rough adventure into foreign cultures”和下一段“they were hardly away...the lack of connections...commercial hostelling actually made us more alienated (疏遠的)”可知，歐洲之旅遭到了現(xiàn)代科技的破壞，科技使人們和家人之間的聯(lián)系更加緊密，也使人們?nèi)鄙倭伺c當(dāng)?shù)厝说穆?lián)系，從而無法真正體驗歐洲的風(fēng)情，故選C。

2.As he is an experienced traveler and someone who possesses a strong sense of adventure”可知，作者父親是一位有著強烈的冒險意識的人，故選B。

3.Young people were so directly connected to home...”排除B；旅館是供游客居住的，排除C；根據(jù)第二段“before modern communications, social media, and commercial hostelling (旅社)”可知，隨著現(xiàn)代通訊、社交媒體和商業(yè)旅館的發(fā)展，歐洲之旅變得更容易了，排除D；根據(jù)第三段“the lack of connections we made with locals...commercial hostelling actually made us more alienated (疏遠的)”可知，商業(yè)旅館的發(fā)展減少了游客與當(dāng)?shù)厝说穆?lián)系，故選A。

4.the European experience has been shattered in part by today's technology”和第四段“But there was some room for hope. While technology takes our attention away from the beauty and history before us, there were also ways in which it helped us to connect with our surroundings.”可知，作者認為現(xiàn)代科技在一定程度上破壞了歐洲之旅，盡管這樣，仍然有一些方法可以幫助我們與周圍的環(huán)境產(chǎn)生聯(lián)系，說明作者的態(tài)度是客觀的，故選B。

5.backpacking Europe is a special ceremony...backpacking is a struggle, full of discovery and chance connections”和第二段“the European experience has been shattered in part by today's technology”與第四段“While technology takes our attention away from the beauty and history before us”及第五段“and bravely getting rid of any electronic devices while traveling”可知，文章主要講的是背包旅行和現(xiàn)代科技的關(guān)系，故選A。

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