【題目】“Joe, did you book your ticket yet?” I asked. “No. I changed my mind. I’m not going to go.”“What? You aren’t going to Australia? We’ve been planning this vacation for months!”“Yeah, I don’t feel like it. We’ll go some other time.”

Over the coming weeks, I tried to get my friend to reconsider, but failed. Our trip to Australia was off. And none of my friends wanted to replace him. If I wanted to travel, it would have to be on my own.

It’s taught me that if I wait for others, I’ll never go anywhere. But there are places I want to visit, people to see, experiences to have, and food to try—and only so much time to achieve it all. So I refuse to wait. I won’t let others keep me from realizing my dreams. It can be scary travelling alone, especially then you’ve never done it before. But, to me, growing old without experiencing everything you want from life is more frightening.

If you’re been putting off a trip because you’re waiting for someone to go with—stop. Just go. Don’t let others hold you back from your dreams. Trust me, along the way you’ll make plenty of friends. More than that, travelling alone gives you real freedom. You wake up and it’s just you—what you want, where you want, when you want. In that freedom and great space of possibility, you meet yourself.

It’s sink or swim and you have to learn how to survive—who to trust, how to make friends, how to find your way around alone. That’s the greatest reward（獎賞） of travelling alone. Each time you go away, you learn to become a little more independent and confident.

Travelling alone is not for everyone. Some people return home soon after starting off, some cry for weeks before accepting it, and others just accept it right away. But you’ll never learn that if you don’t travel once by yourself. Whether a weekend away, a two-week vacation, or a trip around the world, try it at least once.

【1】What does the writer think is more frightening?

A. Travelling alone for the first time.

B. Changing your mind all the time.

C. Waiting for others during a long trip.

D. Failing to experience life in your growth.

【2】The underlined words “hold you back from your dreams” in Paragraph 4 probably mean“______”.

A. get you out of trouble??? B. stop you from travelling

C. keep you waiting for them??? D. wake you up from your dream

【3】According to the writer, the best reward of travelling alone is _____.

A. the experience of travelling

B. the freedom to go anywhere

C. the chance to taste delicious food

D. the possibility of meeting new people

【4】The passage is mainly about__________.

A. where to travel??? B. when to travel

C. how to travel safely??? D. why to travel alone

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】【主旨大意】本文是一篇說明文。愛旅行愛自由的你，愿意因等待他人而耗費時間浪費掉假期不去出游嗎？讓我們在一個人旅行中，遇見真實的自己并練就強大的內(nèi)心吧！

【1】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：作者認為什么是最令人害怕的？根據(jù)第三段最后一句“But, to me, growing old without experiencing everything you want from life is more frightening.”可知，對作者來說，隨著年齡的增長，沒有人生中的體驗更可怕。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：第四段畫線短語“hold you back from your dreams”的意思可能是“”。根據(jù)第四段第一句“If you’ve been putting off a trip because you’re waiting for someone to go with—stop.Just go.”可知如果你已經(jīng)因為等待某人而推遲了旅行，那么停止等待，直接走吧。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：根據(jù)作者所表達的意思，獨自旅行的最好的獎勵是。根據(jù)第五段第一句“It’s sink or swim and you have to learn how to survive—who to trust, how to make friends, how to find your way around alone.”和第二句“That’s the greatest reward（獎賞） of? traveling alone.”可知，獨自旅行最大的獎勵就是它教會我們，你要學會如何生存——該相信誰、怎樣交朋友、一個人如何找路等這些旅行的經(jīng)驗。故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。題干意為：這篇文章主要是關(guān)于……。通讀全文，可知文章主要介紹了為何要獨自旅行。

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