题文
We all remember seeing hitchhikers, standing by the side of the road, thumb, sticking out, waiting for a lift. But it is getting rare nowadays. What killed hitchhiking? Safety is often mentioned as a reason. Movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime have put many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.But the reason may be more complex: hitchhiking happens where people don’t have cars and transport services are poor. Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. Why can’t they afford cars? Why can’t they take the coach or the train?
Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car; many of the remainder will be quite old. The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike. The people who picked me up were very interesting-lawyer, retired surgeon, tank commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains. My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.
The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org. But for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, I didn’t do much of that, preferring just to hold up my destination sign) and people-wonderful, caring, sharing, unafraid people-will stop.
In the UK, with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service, I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it. But having enjoyed it so much, I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond. In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India. How wonderful it would be to have another go, though Afghanistan might be a challenge. I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.
小题1:The author tried to hitchhike but was rejected by single women drivers because .A．they were not heading towards ManchesterB．they thought most hitchhikers were dangerousC．hitchhiking had been handed and they didn’t want to break the lawD．he was a strong man in strange clothes who seemed dangerous小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．Movies have discouraged people from hitchhikingB．Car ownership levels are lower in Romania than in the UK.C．25% of UK people don’t have access to cars.D．Increased car ownership has reduced the need for hitchhiking.小题3:The “fat blokes in red, spotted scarves” in Paragraph 3 most likely means .A．murderous hitchhikersB．friendly and talkative hitchhikersC．typical hitchhikersD．strange hitchhikers like the author小题4:According to the author, future hitchhikers are more likely to .A．visit websites and find people to share cars withB．stand by roads with their thumbs sticking outC．stick out signs with their destinations written onD．wait for some kind people to pick them up小题5:From the last paragraph, we know that the author .A．frequently hitchhikes in BritainB．plans to hitchhike across EuropeC．thinks public transport is safer for travelD．is going to contact the tank commander 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析
文章讨论的是为什么搭便车这种现象越来越少？并给出了令人信服的原因。小题1:D 推理题。根据文章第一段最后一行a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous可知他很高大穿着很奇怪的衣服人让他看起来很危险，这让单身的女司机不敢让他搭便车，故D正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据第二段第一句But the reason may be more complex可知作者认为搭便车这种现象越来越来的原因很复杂，不仅仅是第一段中提到的电影的问题。故A正确。
小题3:D 推理题。文章第二段中提及他自己来路边搭便车，结果没有人愿意带他。原因也许是因为他的长相和衣着。第三段中My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red, spotted scarves. pick up停车接的也许就是我这样穿着和长相的人，故D正确。
小题4:A 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段1,2行The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org.可知在未来，人们可能在通过网络来寻找搭车的人。故A正确。
小题5:B 细节题。根据文章最后一段2,3行I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond.可知他打算靠搭车环游欧洲。故B正确。
考点
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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。
