Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I wasattracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop.I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is thatmost city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this becausewe spend most of our lives indoors.

   My friend had also seen it. He grew upliving in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It hadtouched much of his life.

   I know the feeling. Last December I tookmy seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India withsome friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or runninghot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it wastoo cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me andthe high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and nota sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, abottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck medeeply.

   Today our lives are filled with glass,metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers,electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

   Struggling through traffic that eveningat the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long,I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and readbooks and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I maybecome an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measureout my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a coldsilent night and touched the moon.”

1.The best title for the passage would be _________.

A. Touched by the Moon

B. The Pleasures of Modern Life

C. A Bottomless well of Silence

D. Break away from Modern life

2.The writer felt sorry for himself because__________.

A. there was too much pollution.               

B. he failed to see the fullest moon.

C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions   

D. there were too many accidents on the road.

3.What impressed the writer most in the mountainousjungle of northern India?

A. No modern equipment.

B. Complete silence.

C. The nice moon.

D. The high mountain.

4.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.

A. show that the writer likes city life very much.

B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modernlife.

C. explain that people have less chances to enjoynature.

D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home throughthem.

5.The author wrote the passage to __________.

A. express the feeling of returning to nature.   

B. show the love for the moonlight.

C. advise modern people to learn to live.                    

D. want to communicate longing for modern life.

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

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