Comprehension 理解
Answer these questions:
1 Name three factors which induce people to go camping.
2 What do you understand by this statement:‘To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.’?(11.17-18)
3 Why have idealists objected to the practice of camping and how have they been proved wrong?
4 What factors may lead to the death of the more independent kind of camping?
Vocabulary词汇
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using wary of itinerants(1.35);litter(1.36).
Summary摘要
Drawing your information from lines 6-32(‘That the equipment… bacon and eggs.’), write an account of modern camping. Do not write more than 160 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Your answer should be in one paragraph.
Composition作文
Write a composition of about 600 words on one of the following subjects:
1 Holiday camps.
2 Package tours.
3 What, in your opinion, are the requirements of an ideal holiday?
Key structures关键句型
Rewrite the sentences given below using the opening phrases provided. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 Though the modern traveller is often a man who can afford and does not shun the material comforts of the Splendide and the Bellavista, he dislikes them because he is afraid of them.
The modern traveller ____ not because____(11.9-10)
2 The means of arriving at the holiday paradise are not only entirely within one's own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hell are there, outside----or, as likely, part of----the tent.
Not only____(11.20-22)
3 They argue that insularity and self-containment go hand in hand.
Insularity and self-containment, it____(11.24-25)
4 The freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout are only likely to be preserved by good scouting.
Only good____(11.37-38)
Special difficulties 难点
A Study the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.
1 initial(1.1)----primary
The lawyer charged 50 dollars for the initial consultation.
The safety of our passengers is our primary concern.
2 hire(1.2)----rent
I want to hire a car for my trip to London.
We've rented a villa in the south of France for the summer.
3 total(1.2)----whole
The total bill came to＄894.
You can't give an opinion unless you've read the whole book.
4 shun(1.10)----avoid
He was shunned by his former friends.
You should avoid being late for work again.
5 worship(1.6)----warship
Religious leaders have always denounced the worship of money as the root of all evil.
The Spanish warships sent to conquer Britain in the 16th century were wrecked by an exceptionally violent storm.
6 by contrast(1.27)----opposite to
This new manager is really competent, especially by contrast with his predecessor.
This new manager is the complete opposite to what you would expect.
B Note the words in italics in the following sentences. Use these words again in sentences of your own, giving each word a different meaning from the one it has in the example:
1 The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his twenty pounds'worth of space may find himself bumping a Bentley.(11.3-4)
2 Granted, a snobbery of camping itself already exists.(11.13-14)
3 Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers' site fees and other custom.(1.34)
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 The main reason people enjoy camping is ____.
a．they can spend less on their holidays
b．their enjoyment of owning camping equipment
c．not necessarily so that they are saving money
d．because they can show off their cars
2 Many modern campers are certainly rich enough to ____.
a．stay at hotels, but prefer not to
b．have holidays, but choose not to
c．buy expensive cars, but prefer cheap models
d．visit camping sites, but generally avoid them
3 One of these statements is true. Which one?
a．Modern campers enjoy considerable mobility.
b．Modern campers look down on people who stay at expensive hotels.
c．Modern campers are always moving from one place to another.
d．Modern campers enjoy camping even in bad weather.
4 People of different nationalities at camping sites ____.
a．like to keep to themselves
b．often have arguments about the use of facilities
c．frequently disobey the camping site rules
d．like to mix freely and get to know each other
Structure 句型
5 ____an entertaining paradox that equipment becomes more sophisticated.(1.6)
a．There is
b．It is
c．There has
d．It has
6____ he may be affluent, he isn't sure what to tip the doorman.(11.10-11)
a．Since
b．Because
c．Though
d．As
7____ master in his own house,____ he has little idea…(11.11-12)
a．He is… but
b．He has… and
c．He does… but
d．He was…though
8____ the contemporary phenomenon of car worship…(1.16)
a．It is explained
b．To explain
c．You can explain
d．To be explained
Vocabulary词汇
9 The equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more_____(1.6)
a．superseded
b．demanding
c．complicated
d．refined
10 ----not because he____ or shuns their material comforts…(11.9-10)
a．ridicules
b．can't pay for
c．has contempt for
d．dislikes
11 The____ phenomenon of car worship…(1.16)
a．latest
b．modern
c．up-to-date
d．recent
12 Holiday hotels tend to ____ one nationality of visitors.(1.26)
a．acknowledge
b．appeal to
c．provide for
d．include