Question

【題目】For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but______It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!

The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.

Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.

If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.

【1】The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

A. take photos

B. cheer herself up

C. hop along the path

D. find a solution to the project

【2】The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________".

A. uninteresting B. unrelated

C. unsuccessful D. unexpected

【3】In the author's opinion, __________.

A. a bath can make people relaxed

B. adults should express their inner feelings freely

C. walking in a busy city centre harms people's health

D. depression is usually caused by hard work

【4】The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

A. suggestion B. explanation

C. introduction D. reminder

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】試題分析：本文給大家提出了一個建議，當我們疲憊不堪時，走進大自然是最好的選擇！

【1】B推理判斷題。根據第一段I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up知道那些

方法不奏效，只好走進自然，目的都是讓自己振作起來，所以選B。

【2】C 詞意猜測題。 even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail 可知to no avail 意

思是沒有效果,看恐怖電影等活動不能釋放作者的壓力所以那些建議無效，所以選C。

【3】B推理判斷題。由 I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress. 可以推理出大人總是控制自己會導致壓力，所以作者的觀點是放縱自己的心情，所以選B。

【4】A推理判斷題。由最后一段整體可知，是作者給出的一個建議，所以選A。