2020年教师资格证《高中英语》考前提分卷一

Those who welcomed the railway saw it as more than a rapid and comfortable means of passing. They actualy saw it as a factor in world peace. They did not foresee that the railway would be just one more means for the rapid movement of aggressive armies. None of themforesaw that the more we are together, the more chances there are of war. Any boy or girl who is one of a large family knows that.

Whenever any new invention is put forward, those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve or condemn. The anti-railway group produced doctors who said that tunnels would be most dangerous to public health:they would produce colds, catarrhs and consumptions. The deafening noise and the glare of the engine fire,would have a bad effect on the nerves. Further, being moved through the air at a high speed would do grave injury to delicate lungs. In those with high blood-pressure, the movement of the train might produce apoplexy. The sudden plunging of a train into the darkness of a tunnel, and the equaly sudden rush into ful daylight, would cause great damage to eyesight. But the pro-railway group was of course able to produce equaly famous medical men to say just the opposite. They said that the speed and swing of the train would equalize the circulation, promote digestion, tranquilize the nerves, and ensure good sleep.

The actual roling-stock was anything but comfortable. If it was a test of endurance to sit for four hours outside a coach in rain, or inside in dirty air, the railway offered little more in the way of comfort. Certainly the first-class carriages had cushioned seats; but the second- class had only narrow bare boards;while the third-class had nothing at al, no seats and no roof; they were just open trucks. So that third-class passengers gained nothing from the few mode except speed. In the matter of comfort, indeed they lost; they did, on

the coaches ,have a seat ,but now they had to stand al the way ,which gave opportunities to the comic press. This kind of thing: "A man was seen yesterday buying a third-class ticket for the new London and Birmingham Railway. The state of his mind is being enquired into. "

A writer in the early days of railways wrote feelingly of both second-and third-class carriages. He made the suggestion that the directors of the railways must have sent al over the world to find the hardest possible wood. Of the open third-class trucks he said that they had the peculiar property of meeting the rain fromwhatever quarter it came. He described themas horizontal shower-baths,from whose searching power there was no escape.

26. Al boys and girls in large families know that . 

A. a boy and a girl usualy fight when they are together

B.people tend to be together more than they used to be

C.a lot of people being together makes fights likely 

D.railway leads the world to peace

27、According to those who welcomed the railway, the railway itself should include al the folowing except . 

A. the railway enables people travel fast

B. the railway brings comfort to people

C.the railway makes the world peaceful

D. the railway leads the world to war as wel

28、According to the anti-railway group, al the folowings are true but . 

A.tunnels are dangerous to public health

B.the noise and the glare of the engine fire may affect people's nerves

C. the rapid speed through the air does damage to people's lungs

D.to those with high blood-pressure,the rapid speed of the train causes themto die

29、We may safely conclude that .

A.the author belongs to the anti-railway group 

B.the author belongs to the for-railway group

C. the author speaks highly of the railway

D.the author may never take train because of its potential dangers

30、What is the tone of this passage? 

A.Practical.

B. Satirical.

C.Humorous. 

D.Exaggerated.