2019_2020学年高中英语Module2TrafficJamSectionⅠIntroduction

Section ⅠIntroduction & Reading and VocabularyⅠ.阅读理解AFor more than nine days, for more than 60 miles, thousands of Beijing­bound vehicles have come to an almost total stop on highways called the 6 and 110 that run from Inner Mongolia southeast to the nation's capital.Bai Xiaolong, a 30­year­old truck driver, says it took him five days to make the 350­mile journey from Inner Mongolia to Tianjin.He spent much of that time reading, text­messaging and sleeping rather than speeding up.“There was one day that I didn't move, not even an inch, ”said Bai, an inhabitant of Jining in Inner Mongolia, a city at the western end of the traffic jam.Chinese officials said that the congestion is mainly because of the maintenance (维护) projects that began in mid­August and are scheduled to be completed in mid­September.Trucks carrying 8 tons or more of coal or fruit have been responsible for damaging the roadway, thus making the work necessary.Drivers who often use the route know that heavy traffic has long been a fact of life.“The problem is really that there're too many cars and trucks and not enough lanes (车道), ”Bai said.“We drivers are used to this sort of thing happening.”The two national freeways are heavily used by trucks carrying coal from the recently opened fields of Inner Mongolia to China's coastal cities.The seemingly endless jam began on the 6 and spread to the 110, which runs parallel (平行的), when officials sought to ease the traffic on the 6.The GlobalTimes, an English­language newspaper, said the jam had eased somewhat in the last two days, but inhabitants of the region say the congestion simply spilled out onto other roads.The congestion has created an economy of its own.Vendors (小贩) sell boxed lunches, noodles and drinking water to the travelers, often at jackedup prices.And because of the long­standing problems along the highways, dozens of small hotels have appeared, attracting drivers who need a stop to catch more serious sleep.【语篇解读】本文报道了发生在北京附近的一次严重交通堵塞。

1．During the congestion, Bai Xiaolong did all the following EXCEPT ________．A．sleeping B．text­messagingC．speeding up D．reading解析：选C 细节理解题。

根据文章第二段的最后一句可知，在堵车的过程中，他除了睡觉、发短信，就是阅读，没有加速行驶。

故选C项。

2．What can we infer from the text?A．Bai Xiaolong was born in Tianjin.B．The problem of traffic jams in China will be solved soon.C．Chinese officials think it is necessary to build more lanes.D．The local people don't think the congestion has eased.解析：选D 推理判断题。

根据文章倒数第二段中的“...inhabitants of the region say the cong estion simply spilled out onto other roads.”可知，当地居民认为交通堵塞只是转移到了别的道路上，也就是说他们认为当地的交通拥堵并没有得到缓解。

3．The underlined word“jackedup”in the last paragraph probably means “_______”.A．high B．rightC．special D．low解析：选A 词义猜测题。

因为堵车所以司机被困在那里，他们需要吃的和喝的，而一些商贩发现了这个商机，往往哄抬物价，司机们别无选择，由此可猜测出该词的意思为“很高的”。

4．What would be the best title of the passage?A．The Congestion Creates an Economy of Its OwnB．Traffic Jam near Beijing Stretches on for DaysC．The Traffic Has Improved in BeijingD．Truck Drivers in China Live a Hard Life解析：选B 标题归纳题。

本文报道了一次严重的交通堵塞。

60多英里的道路变成了停车场，足足堵了九天多的时间，B项作为标题最合适。

BWhen I was nine years old，I loved to go fishing with my dad.But the only thing that wasn't very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn't catch anything.I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why.He always answered, “Son，if you want to catch a fish，you have to think like a fish”， I remember being even more upset then because, “I'm not a fish！”I didn't know how to think like a fish.Besides，I reasoned，how could what I think influence what a fish does?As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant.So，Iread some books on fish.And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings.I learned that a fish is a cold­blood ed animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature.That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer.Besides，water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade.Yet, fish don't have any eyelids (眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes ...The more I understood fish，the more I became effective at finding and catching them.When I grew up and entered the business world，I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.”But it didn't comple tely make sense.My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.”What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.”Years later，with great efforts to promote long­term services to people much older and richer than me，I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers.It is not an easy job.I will show you how in the following chapters.【语篇解读】本文叙述了作者通过父亲教授他钓鱼时要像鱼一样思考，告诉大家从事商业销售时要像消费者一样去思考。