For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none

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For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets，and even bicycles. Dr. Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be impossible. In that n, they argue，the elevator’s role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk? the car and the elevator have been locked in a “cret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally (水平地)，and elevators pushing them toward life in clo groups of towering vertical (垂直的)columns.If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be becau riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experience^one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that we’re hanging from a cable in a long passage.In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not ud to it”， Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learned to cope with the mixture of cloness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, ts the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourlves in as we go about our lives.Today，as the world’s urban population explodes，and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, America’s total number of elevators—900,000 at last count, according to Elevator World magazine’s “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”一are a force that’s becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it ems like high time that we looked riously at just what kind of force they are.小题1:What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A．The general view of elevators.B．The particular interests of experts.C．The desire for a remarkable machine.D．The enthusiasm for transport vehicles.小题2:The author’s purpo in mentioning cars is   .A．to contrast their functions with elevators,B．to emphasize the importance of elevatorsC．to reveal their cret war against elevatorsD．to explain people’s preference for elevators小题3:According to Prof. Bernard, what has made the elevator ride different from other life experiences?A．Vertical direction.B．Lack of excitement.C．Little physical space.D．Uncomfortable conditions.小题4:The author urges readers to consider  .A．the exact number of elevator loversB．the rious future situation of elevatorsC．the role of elevators in city developmentD．the relationship between cars and elevators 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题2:B小题3:C小题4:C

解析

【文章大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议的议论文。文章主要阐述对于电梯所持有的不同态度与观点，并表达了自己对于电梯的态度。小题1:A考查判断推理。根据划线内容推断应该指代的是文章第一段的“For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets，and even bicycles ”即大众对于电梯的看法，故A正确。小题2:B考查判断推理。根据文章第一段“In that n, they argue，the elevator’s role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars.”作者通过提及汽车来更好的阐述观点即电梯的重要性，故B正确。小题3:C考查判断推理。 根据文章第三段“ “We still have not exactly learned to cope with the mixture of cloness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, ts the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourlves in as we go about our lives.”可知是因为电梯的关闭给人带来了不愉悦，也就是电梯的空间带来的问题，故C正确。小题4:C考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段“it ems like high time that we looked riously at just what kind of force they are.”可知作者的写作用意在于让读者去评价电梯的价值所在，故C正确。

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