题文
Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商业广告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. “Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” “Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” “Fill up with Pacific Gas. “only when you have fallen asleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, can you get separated from the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”As for the ride itself, the beginning of it is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things are keeping changing out of the windows — various houses, crop fields, attractive bridges, … and sometimes even a small accident. Your bus driver may have a unique style of driving and it’s fun trying experience it the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as an adventurous story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know the riding will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement with that. The seat, of course, has become harder for the hours having passed. By now you may sit with your legs crossed, or with your hands in your lap, or with your hands on the arms, or even with your hands crossed behind your head. That is to say that the end comes just at no more ways to sit.
小题1:According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?A．Buses on the road.B．Films on television.C．Advertisements on the billboards.D．Gas stations.小题2:What is the purpose of this passage?A．To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips.B．To persuade you to take some long bus riding.C．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.D．To describe the billboards along the road.小题3:The writer of this passage would probably prefer ______.A．those reckless bus driversB．driving with no one aroundC．a television set on the busD．no billboards along the road小题4:The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ______.A．the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are funB．they both have a beginning, a middle and an end, with commercials in betweenC．the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on busesD．both traveling by bus itself and watching TV programs on bus are not exciting.小题5:The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .A．excitingB．comfortableC．tiringD．boring 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析
本文讲述了在伦敦的长途旅行中的广告现象，并征求了大家对此的态度和观点。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第一段前3行Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商业广告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable.说明广告随处可见，无法避免，故C项正确。
小题2:A 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段Long bus rides are like television shows以及As for the ride itself和The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning都说明本文讲述的是long bus trips征求大家对此的观点，故A项正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据文章第一段最后2行“only when you have fallen asleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, can you get separated from the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”说明作者以及厌倦了如此多的广告，故D项正确。
小题4:B 细节题。根据文章第一段They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials (商业广告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window.说明广告有开头，中间也有结尾，还穿插了商业广告，就像电视剧一样。故B正确。
小题5:A 细节题。根据文章最后一段1,2行The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know the riding will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement with that.说明在长途旅行的开头和结尾都很让人兴奋，故A正确。
点评：从题目设置的角度看，本题侧重对学生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到这类题后，要注意把握好文章结构，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要让文中的一些生词影响了注意力。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Long bus rides are l.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
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社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
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1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
