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Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an end with commercials (商業廣告) 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. uBuy Super Clean Toothpaste. 44 Drink Good Wet Root Beer." “Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It!Buy It Now!”

The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if youVe traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed—new houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is par-ticularly reckless (魯莽的) or daring,the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense (懸疑) 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 it will soon be over and there' s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat,of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrest or even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There are just no more ways to sit.

41. According to the passage,what do the passenger usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

   A. Gas stations.

   B. Buses on the road.

   C. Films on the television.

   D. Advertisements on the billboards.

42. What is the purpose of this passage?

   A. To persuade us to take a long bus trip.

   B. To describe the billboards along the road.

   C. To give the writer's opinion about long bus trips.

   D. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

43. The writer probably doesn’t like .

   A. music on the bus

   B. food on the bus

   C. billboards along the road

   D. daring bus drivers

44. The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because.

   A. they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in between

   B. the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

   C. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

   D. neither travelling nor watching TV is exciting

45. The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are.

   A. boring   B. comfortable

   C. tiring   D. exciting

Answer 1

41. D解析：細節理解題。根據第一段第二 句可知，乘坐長途汽車時，每隔三、四分鐘 窗外就會出現帶有商業廣告的廣告牌，故 選D項。

42. C解析：主旨大意題。本文作者采用比 喻的手法描述了乘坐長途汽車的過程，并 表達了對乘坐長途汽車的觀點，故選 (：項。

43. C解析:推理判斷題。根據第一段可知， 乘坐長途汽車時，廣告隨處可見而且不可 避免，除非你選擇睡覺才能不再看到它們。 由此可以推知，作者不喜歡廣告，因此C 項正確。

44. A解析：細節理解題。根據第一段第二 句可知，作者感覺乘坐長途汽車如同看電 視是因為這兩者在開頭、中間或結尾之間 都有商業廣告出現。

45. D解析：細節理解題。根據最后一段前 兩句可知，在行程結束時有些地方與行程 開始時相似，是因為兩者都令人興奮。