Question

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
When my brother and I were young, my mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this: You can't take any means of transportation more than once. We would start from home, walking two blocks to the rail station. We'd take the train into the city center, then a bus, switching to the tram, then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district, but we didn't like the way the horses were treated, so we never did. At the end of the day, we took the subway to our closest station, where Mom's friend was waiting to give us a ride home — our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal(多方式的). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and, above all, a failure of confidence — the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform, nothing is frightening anymore. New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored. And your personal car, if you have one, becomes just one more tool in the toolbox — and often an inadequate one, limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
On Transportation Days, we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy, but the transportation was the point. First, it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window. As I got older, my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself: How do I know where to get off? How do I know how much it costs? How do I know when I need tickets, and where to get them? What track, what line, which direction, where's the stop, and will I get wet when we go under the river?
I'm writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didn't try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport. She took a train to meet me.
（1）Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?
A.Having a car ride.
B.Taking the train twice.
C.Buying more than one toy.
D.Touring the historic district.
（2）According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of his Transportation Days?
A.Building confidence in himself.
B.Reducing his use of private cars.
C.Developing his sense of direction.
D.Giving his knowledge about vehicles.
（3）The underlined word "paralyzed" (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to "________".
A.displayed
B.justified
C.ignored
D.ruined
（4）Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of?
A.Airplane.
B.Subway.
C.Tram.
D.Car.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）D
（4）A
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了母亲通过运输日教给作者的观念：你可以有多种方式达到你的目的。

⑴考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“You can't take any means of transportation more than once.”可知，妈妈不允许一天内乘坐同样的交通工具两次，故选B。

⑵考查推理判断。根据文第三段中的“a failure of confidence—the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels”以及第四段中的“.., nothing is frightening anymore.”可知，这培养了作者的自信。故选A。

⑶考查词义猜测。通过对上下文的理解，可知这里句意：随着我的成长，我的妈妈帮我解开了那些有可能会破坏我独立首次尝试的奥秘。故可知这里可以把划线单词解释为ruined。选D。

⑷考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“I'm writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didn't try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all.”可知，作者对于飞机这种交通工具并不喜欢。故选A。