What is the author's intentio…——2014 高考英语第 55 题答案解析

【考点】OB：人生感悟类阅读．菁优网版权所有

【分析】作者在本文中说明现在很多国家的人都患上了一种病 ： 开车太多，步行太少．作
者回忆了以前人们经常步行的情况，也说明了步行的很多好处．可知本文的结尾鼓励人
们重新用双脚走路，少开车．
【解答】51．C 推理判断题．根据文章第二段I took my car to mail a small parcel．The
journey is a matter of 281 steps．But I used the car．And I wasn't in any hurry，either，I had
merely become one more victim of a national sickness：motorosis．可知有一次只要走281步
的路程，我却开着汽车．说明我患了一种national sickness：motorosis．也就是开车太
多．故选C．
52．A 推理判断题． 根据文章第三段2，3行At that time，we regarded 25 miles as good day's
walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill．It did not
occur to us that walking was a hardship．可知之前我们认为一天走25英里是很好的，我从
来都没有想过步行会成为一种困难．说明在作者年轻的时候，人们经常步行．故选A．
53．B 推理判断题．根据文章第五段第一句It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the
richness of going on foot．可知正是他向我们展示了步行的好处，如The man walking can
learn the trees，flower，insects，birds and animals，the significance of seasons，the very feel
of himself as a living creature in a living world可以了解到树，花昆虫等等自然的知识．也
就是说可以丰富我们的生活．故选B．
54．A 推理判断题． 根据本句to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat．To them
security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road． 对他们来说他们生来的世界都是威胁，
对他们来说，安全就是混凝土路上的汽车．本题的关键是on a concrete road可知路上的
是车流．故选A．

【答案】D

【解析】推理判断题．作者在本文中说明现在很多人都患上了一种病：开车太多，很少步
行．作者回忆了以前人们经常步行的情况，也说明了步行的很多好处．可知本文是鼓励
人们重新用双脚走路，少开车．故选D．
【点评】做阅读理解时要快速的浏览全文，把握文章主旨大意，带着问题回到原文，寻
找细节或概括相应的答案，最后要理清作者写作思路．
第一节：阅读表达（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读短文，按照题目要求用英
语回答问题．
21． （10分）Last December，Doris Low turned 90．Once a week she still drives to the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind （CNIB） in Toronto，where she helps transform literature into

Braille （CNIB） to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind
readers．She has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises foe more than
40years．
After working in the business world for a while，Low got fed up．So she turned to teaching at
a technical school and later moved into the library．
Low's mother liked reading．As her eyes began to fail，low read to her．Then"hearing an
advertisement encouraging people to learn Braille，I decided to give it a try．"In 1973，she was
certified as a braille transcriber （转译者） and began transcribing books as a volunteer for
the CNIB library．
The job was strenuous﹣﹣﹣she could get to the end of a page，make a mistake on the last
line，and have to do the whole thing again．For a number of years，low also worked in the
CNIB sound studio reading books onto tape．Three years ago，she took up proofreading （校
对） at the CNIB's word factory．
In April，during Volunteer Week，the CNIB recognized Low for her great
contributions．Thanks to volunteers like Low，the CNIB library has got more than 80，000
accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print．"I can't imagine how many
readers of all ages have benefited from
Doris's contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of
accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the years﹣﹣﹣and she
is still doing so，"said a CNIB official．
"For me，"said Low，"the CNIB is more than just a place to volunteer．Three thins matter most
in my life：a little play，a little work，a little love． I've found them all here．"