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甘肃省高台县第一中学2014-2015学年高一9月月考英语试题 I. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题纸上。 A Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago. Traveling by train is slower than by air, but it has its own advantages. For example, you can see the country you are traveling through. Besides, modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable and comfortable. Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday. Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business. 1. From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is ______. A. by car B. by train C. by air D. by sea 2. If we travel by car, we can ______. A. make the longest journey enjoyable B. make our own timetable C. travel to a very far place in several minutes D. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day 3. The underlined word “They” in the second paragraph refers to ______. A. modern trains in the country B. comfortable seats and dining cars C. the travelers on the modern train D. the slower ways of traveling 4. When people travel on business, they usually take ______. A. a train or a plane B. a boat or a train C. a plane or a car D. a car or a boat B If you go into the fo