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

A. To tell people to reflect more non life

B. To recommend people to give up driving

C. To advise people to do outdoor activities

D. To encourage people to return to walking 【考点】OB：人生感悟类阅读 【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