2019-2020年高三英语一轮复习Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote课时作业新人教版必修

2019-2020年高三英语一轮复习Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote课时作业新人教版必修Ⅰ.阅读理解A(xx·泰安市一轮复习检测)At 65, most people are

2019-2020年高三英语一轮复习Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNote课时作 业新人教版必修 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (xx·泰安市一轮复习检测) At 65, most people are thinking about getting asenior citizen bus pass. But for Montana woman Ethel MacDonald, who's now agreat­grandmother, that's when she took up tour cycling. “I like what Ilike to do without having to wait for someone else to be ready，” explains the 78­year­old great­grandmother. The appeal of biking alone on the open road, she says, is “just feeling like I'm my own boss”． She began tour cycling in xx, beginning with France's Atlantic coast. Aside from trips round her native United States, she's wheeled her way through the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia and beyond. Her panion on her Ireland trip is apink Brompton folding bike, which she's used on five trips around the US south. She keeps another bike with a friend for her tours of mainland Europe. This seasoned biker reckons she's traveled at least 10 000 miles. “Usually my trips are close to 1000 miles in three to four weeks，” MacDonald says. She uses online travel munities Warm Showers and Couchsurfing to find a place to stay, and hosts guests herself at her home in Missoula, Montana. Warm Showers is exclusively(专门地) for touring cyclists while Couchsurfing is for any travelers wanting to meet new people or open their homes to others. By August xx, MacDonald estimated that she'd stayed with 165 hosts and hosted around 200 guests of her own. “It saves apile of money，” she admits. “But far beyond that, the real value is the people you meet, the inspiration you get from each other, the memories, the connections.” She keeps ascrapbook(剪贴簿) filled with photos and notes from all the people she's met at home and abroad, and keeps in touch with her friends worldwide through Facebook and email. When traveling, she particularly loves the “big cultural exchange” that es with spending each night with anew host with adifferent perspective on the world. For anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps, her advice is simple. “Just do it.” 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位78岁的奶奶Ethel MacDonald坚持自 己骑车旅行的故事。 1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us? A．The history of her tour cycling. B．The reason for her taking up tour cycling. C．The range of her tour cycling. D．The equipment for her tour cycling.