2017高考英语三轮复习回归基础训练Unit8 北师大版_高考复习指南

2017高考英语三轮复习回归基础训练Unit8 北师大版

　　66.【答案】C

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段时间数字In the mid-1700s、in the 1820s、in 1846、in 1967可知C符合题意。

　　67.【答案】B

　　【解析】主旨概括题。全文讲述了车轮发展历程及道路设计对车轮发展的影响。

　　Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory (华丽的皇冠).

　　At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.

　　In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.

　　Rip's great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence (勤劳), for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody's business but his own.