1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 1 Basketball 阅读理解 组块专练 练速度 (本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！ ) (限时： 35 分钟 ) . 阅读理解 A (2018 江西新余一中模拟 ) My Favourite Travel Books The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux Choosing my favorite Paul Theroux book is like picking my favorite place in the world: Its impossible to settle on jus
2、t one. But The Old Patagonian Express, which is about a train journey Theroux made from Boston, USA to southern Argentina, is right up there at the top of my list. Theroux has a wicked sense of humor. He brings so much wisdom and experience to his travels. Walden by Henry David Thoreau If he were al
3、ive today, Thoreau would probably frown if he heard someone refer to Walden as a travel book. But I regard it as a travelwriting masterpiece. “I went into the woods， ” he write s, “because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
4、had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Thats the same spirit of discovery that defines so many great contemporary travel records. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac Like so many people, I fell in love with Kerouacs novels in my late teens and early 20s. On the Road g
5、ets all the press, but I always love The Dharma Bums. Kerouac beautifully captures the romance of California trains, Berkeley, and backpacking in the Sierras. Its hard to read this book without wanting to leave for the mountains to brainstorm bad haikus on the trail and cook canned macaroni and chee
6、se over a crackling campfire. Confucius Lives Next Door by T R. Reid This is sort of A Year in Provence in Japan, only the crosscultural differences are much greater. Reid and his family moved to Tokyo when he became the chief for The Washington Post, enabling him to uncover truths about the country
7、. Among the highlights are his observations about Japanese schools, including Yodobashi No. 6 Elementary School, where his daughters were greeted by the whole school staff. 【语篇解读】 本文作者为大家推荐了几本书。 1 Which book enables readers to experience great crosscultural differences? A The Old Patagonian Express.
8、 B Confucius Lives Next Door. C On the Road. D Walden. 答案与解析： B 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句 “This is sort of A Year in Provence in Japan, only the crosscultural differences are much greater.” 可知选B。 2 What will people feel after reading Jack Kerouacs The Dharma Bums? A A strong desire to follow. B A love for nov
9、els. C A wish to learn cooking. D An excitement to write poems. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案与解析： A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知读了小说达摩流浪者 (The Dharma Bums)，人们有一种想要追随的强烈渴望，所以选 A。 3 Which writer based his book on a train journey from home to abroad? A T.R. Reid. B Henry David Thoreau. C Paul Theroux. D. Jack Kerouac. 答案与解析： C
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