To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him．To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers．A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf．In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention．
When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella．My suitcase was decorated with British flags．Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic（精神病患者）．I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply．
But even with careful preparation, you must not assume（认为） that the task will be easy．You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to（承认） a fierce prejudice against, （not to say hatred of）, hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London．In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice．
Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people．On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi．There are also lesser（较小的） risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary（传教士）, or just a bad driver．You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car．But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again．
If the hitch-hiker in the U．S．will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West．It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States．
71．A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform ．
A．so as not to look too unusual B．to attract attention
C．to show he is on duty D．to put the driver at ease
72．In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer ．
A．has sometimes failed to hitch a ride
B．has marched from Aldermaston to London
C．has always been successful in hitching a ride
D．has had to wait for long hours for a ridew
73．The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that ．
A．it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers
B．hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes
C．a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse
D．hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers
74．In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should ．
A．not talk to the driver too much
B．fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride
C．try to make himself pleasant and entertaining
D．seek the willingness of drivers
75．A suitable title for the passage would be ．
A．“The Art of Hitch-hiking” B．“An Englishman’s View of the U．S．”
C．“An English Hitch-hiker” D．“The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking
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Nearly everyone was very much against motor cars when they first appeared．So the government found a very clever way to try and drive them off the roads.
Back in 1861, a previous government had passed a law about the heavy steam vehicles which were beginning to crawl about the roads of Britain．This law said that no vehicle should go more than 10 miles an hour in the country and 5 miles an hour in town．Four years later these speed limits were reduced to 4 and 2 m.p.h, and a man with a red flag had to walk in front to warn people of the danger．
This law applied to ordinary cars, too, and the police started to arrest drivers who broke the speed limit and didn't have a man with a red flag．Of course, it made the idea of motor cars seem quite ridiculous．But this law was stopped in 1878 and the speed limit was raised to the frightening speed of 14 m.p.h, in 1896．A special race was held from London to Brighton to celebrate this victory for the motor car industry．The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run is still held every November to mark this event．Only cars made before 1905 may take part．In the first rally there were no more than 33 entrants, and only 22 of them finished the course．Nowadays, so many old cars apply to go on the run that the organizers have had to restrict the entry.
Early motorists had to carry their own spare parts and do their own repairs．If they had a real breakdown, the only chance of getting anywhere was to borrow a horse and hitch it to the front of the car!
1．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A．The heavy steam vehicles appeared as early as 1861.
B．No one liked motor cars when they first appeared.
C．The British government tried to do away with motor cars.
D．The first car drivers had to pay attention to the speed limits.
2．What does the underlined “it” in the third paragraph refer to?
A．The law． B．The speed limit． C．A red flag． D．The government.
3．According to the passage, the following is true EXCEPT _______.
A．The cars were allowed to run faster in 1861 than they were in 1865
B．Motor cars were not popular when they first appeared
C．The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run has become more popular
D．The law was stopped in 1896 and a special race was held to celebrate it
4．If the car had a very serious mechanical problem on the road, most probably the early motorists would __________.
A．abandon their cars B．find some friends to help
C．repair the car with spare parts D．use an animal to finish their journey
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Nearly everyone was very much against motor cars when they first appeared．So the government found a very clever way to try and drive them off the roads.
Back in 1861, a previous government had passed a law about the heavy steam vehicles which were beginning to crawl about the roads of Britain．This law said that no vehicle should go more than 10 miles an hour in the country and 5 miles an hour in town．Four years later these speed limits were reduced to 4 and 2 m.p.h, and a man with a red flag had to walk in front to warn people of the danger.
This law applied to ordinary cars, too, and the police started to arrest drivers who broke the speed limit and didn't have a man with a red flag．Of course, it made the idea of motor cars seem quite ridiculous．But this law was stopped in 1878 and the speed limit was raised to the frightening speed of 14 m.p.h, in 1896．A special race was held from London to Brighton to celebrate this victory for the motor car industry．The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run is still held every November to mark this event．Only cars made before 1905 may take part．In the first rally there were no more than 33 entrants, and only 22 of them finished the course．Nowadays, so many old cars apply to go on the run that the organizers have had to restrict the entry.
Early motorists had to carry their own spare parts and do their own repairs．If they had a real breakdown, the only chance of getting anywhere was to borrow a horse and hitch it to the front of the car!
1．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A．The heavy steam vehicles appeared as early as 1861.
B．The British government tried to do away with motor cars.
C．No one liked motor cars when they first appeared.
D．The first car drivers had to pay attention to the speed limits.
2．What does the underlined “it” in the third paragraph refer to?
A．The government． B．The speed limit．
C．A red flag． D．The law.
3．According to the passage, the following is true except _______.
A．The cars were allowed to run faster in 1861 than they were in 1865
B．Motor cars were not popular when they first appeared
C．The law was stopped in 1896 and a special race was held to celebrate it
D．The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run has become more popular
4．If the car had a very serious mechanical problem on the road, most probably the early motorists would __________.
A．abandon their cars B．find some friends to help
C．repair the car with spare parts D．use an animal to finish their journey
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