职称英语考试

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Hitchhiking

When I was in my teens and 20s, hitchhiking wasa main form of long-distance transport. The kindness or curiosity of strangers_____1____ me all over Europe, North America, Asia and southern Africa. Some ofthe life-givers became friends, many provided hospitality _____2_____ the road.

No only did you find out much more about acountry than _____3_____ traveling by train or plane, but1 there was thatelement of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhikingfeatured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. Sowhat has happened to ______4_____?

A few years ago, I asked the same questionabout hitching in a column on a newspaper. ____5_____ of people from all overthe world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking.

“If there is a hitchhiker’s ____6_____it must be Iran,” came onereply. Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitching,____7_____ was Quebec, Canada—“if you don’t mind being berated for not speaking French.”

But while hitchhiking was clearly still aliveand well in many parts of the world, the _____8____ feeling was that throughoutmuch of the west it was doomed (消亡).

With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a busticket must present a danger. But do we ____9____ to be so wary both to hitchand to give a lift?

In Poland in the 1960s, _____10____a Polishwoman who e-mailed me, “the authorities introduced theHitchhiker’s Booklet. The booklet contained coupons fordrivers, so each time a driver _____11_____who had picked up somebody, he orshe received a coupon. At the end of the season, _____12_____who had picked upthe most hikers were rewarded with various prizes. Everybody was hitchhikingthen.”

Surely this is a good idea for society?Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down _____13____betweenstrangers. It would help fight _____14_____warming by cutting down on fuelconsumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels. It would also improveeducational standards by delivering instant _____15____in geography, history,politics and sociology.

1. A. made B. took C. traveled D. crossed

2. A. in B. over C. at D. on

3. A. when B. after C. before D. if

4. A. the books B. them C. it D. the songs

5. A. Hundreds B. Hundred C. Thousand D. Dozen

6. A. sky B. space C. map D. heaven

7. A. like B. as C. for D. since

8. A. big B. large C. general D. little

9. A. have to B. must C. should D. need

10. A. according to B. owing to C. due to D.with respects to

11. A. sent B. picked up C. collected D. helped

12. A. passengers B. hikers C. drivers D.strangers

13. A. fences B. barriers C. gaps D. walls

14. A. global B. world C. entire D. whole

15. A. discussions B. debates C. consultationsD. lessons

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网考网参考答案：B、D、A、C、A、D、B、C、D、A、B、C、B、A、D
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20%的考友选择了A选项
72%的考友选择了B选项
4%的考友选择了C选项
4%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我做了好几遍答案都是B、D、A、C、A、D、B、C、D、A、B、C、B、A、D
 · 原先有道题和这题几乎一样，只是稍有不同，大家看看就可理解了，那个答案正确。
 · 应该是B、D、A、C、A、D、B、C、D、A、B、C、B、A、D啊