It is a wonderful morning，as I write this：hot，but without being too hot. Outside my window

It is a wonderful morning，as I write this：hot，but without being too hot. Outside my window，I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer’s temporary nature —a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out .
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holidy too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.
Thankfully, I am not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面）of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year's the Idler magazine published its book of awful holidays .Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically--damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website. Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for promoting the idea of an easy, lazy life. The leisure(休闲）industry might seem an unlikely target of its criticism, but Dan Kienan, the book's editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.
【小题1】According to the first paragraph We can know that the writer .A． has a strong desire to book a holidayB． wishes that the weather would changeC． finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshineD． realizes it’s time to decide whether to go on a holiday【小题2】What can be inferred from the sentence underlined in the passage?A． people may find the man unbelievableB． People think traveling is not so easy an act as drinking teaC．The writer often regrets not taking a holiday．D． The writer doesn't like drinking tea or listening to music【小题3】The reason why the writer dislikes going on holidays is that .A． it usually takes too much timeB． he is tired of making preparations too much for holidaysC． it is far less enjoyable than breaks planned in advanceD． he feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn't【小题4】We can learn from the survey that a lot of people .A． pretend to enjoy their holidayB． fail to relax while they are on holidayC． feel that the benefits of going on holidays are limitedD． have made the some decision as the writer and most of his friends【小题5】The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to .A． damage the reputation of the magazineB．prove his idea to be more popular than expectedC． indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely sharedD． foucs entirely on bad personal experiences of holidaysD

(答案→)D 解析：文章介绍作者不喜欢旅游，宁可呆在家里，他厌倦于为假日做太多的准备，而且作者在一些调查结果中发现，还有很多人不喜欢旅行。【小题1】细节题：从第一段的句子：a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out .可知作者觉得这是该决定是否要度假的时候了，选D【小题2】句意理解题：从文章第二段的句子：You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music.你可能会说这就像说你不擅长喝茶和听音乐一样（是难以置信的）可知这句话的意思是人们会发现这个人是难以置信的，选A【小题3】细节题：从文章第三段的句子：Somehow, packing a carefully itemized list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.可知作者不喜欢旅游的原因可能是他厌倦于为假日做太多的准备，选B【小题4】细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：And a recent survey highlighted the downside(负面）of holidays, with the results shoeing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal.可知从调查中人们感觉度假的好处是有限的，选C【小题5】细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：Dan Kienan, the book's editor, says that he was flooded with entries from readers for his list of awful holidays.可知作者用Awful Holidays做为例子，为了暗示很多人和他一样不喜欢假日。选 C

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