When it comes to hard, noisy traveling, we’ve found that sometimes we’d rather r
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When it comes to hard, noisy traveling, we’ve found that sometimes we’d rather read about it than actually go. Here are some bestsellers for armchair travelers.
The Station by Robert Byron. In 1928, the 22-year-old man made a journey to Mount Athos, resulting in one of the best travel books ever written, matched only by Byron’s own, much more famous The Road to Osciana.
In Darkest Africa by Henry Monton Stanley. It’s about his great efforts to save an unlucky German doctor Eduard Schnitzer, who had no desire to be rescued at all.
A Traveler’s Alphabet: Partial Memoirs by Sir Steven Runciman. A to Z and around the world. He provides priceless information of long-gone princesses, priests, and places.
South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton. As the planet started the global war, Shackleton and his brave group of explorers made an unsuccessful but heroic journey to cross Antarctica from 1914 to 1917.
The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005 Reading through this final listing of all the nice hotels and wonderful restaurants in France is better than going there, listening to Chirac talk about the poisonous American culture, and spending the price of this book for a tiny cup of tea and a cookie the size of your thumb.
The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal. This great book of an armchair exploration tells us what has happened in the past and shows the relationship between us and the past travelers.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “armchair travelers” in the first paragraph refers to those who___________ .
| A．can only travel with special equipment for the disabled |
| B．find fun teaching others how to travel to other places |
| C．like to write about their strange traveling experiences |
| D．like to read about travels instead of traveling themselves |
| A．The Past Is a Foreign Country. |
| B．South: A Memoir to the Endurance Voyage. |
| C．The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005. |
| D．A Traveler’s Alphabet: Partial Memoirs. |
| A．The Station is more famous than The Road to Osciana |
| B．Henry Monton Stanley, was saved by a German doctor in Africa. |
| C．It took Shackleton and his men 3 years to cross Antarctica. |
| D．In his book, Lowenthal focuses more on history than the present. |
| A．to warn readers against traveling |
| B．to sell more books about travels |
| C．as an introduction to famous travelers |
| D．to tell people where to travel |
试题答案
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
解析试题分析: 当提到困难、嘈杂的旅行，有时候，我们宁愿选择通过阅读相关书籍来达到旅行的目的。文章向读者介绍几本有关旅行的书籍。
【小题1】D 推断题。根据第一行“we’d rather read about it than actually go”可知，文章讲的是一些关于旅行的畅销书，划线部分指的是通过阅读来感受他人旅行的过程，而不是亲自踏上旅途，故选D。
【小题2】C 细节理解题。根据The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005这段的“for a tiny cup of tea and a cookie the size of your thumb”可知，这本书只需要一杯茶或拇指大的一块饼干的价钱，故选C。
【小题3】D 细节理解题。根据“matched only by Byron’s own, much more famous The Road to Osciana”排除A；根据“In Darkest Africa by Henry Monton Stanley. It’s about his great efforts to save an unlucky German doctor”排除B；根据“cross Antarctica from 1914 to 1917”排除C；根据最后一段“what has happened in the past...”可知，Lowenthal主要讲的是过去所发生的事情，故选D。
【小题4】B 主旨大意。根据文章大意可知，文章主要介绍了几本关于旅行的书籍，文章提倡的是通过阅读来旅行，文章并未提醒读者反对旅行，文章介绍的是这些书籍的作者，而不是有名的旅行家，文章并未给读者指出旅行的路线，排除A、C、D，故选B。
考点：生活类阅读。