5．When my brother and I were young，my mom would take us on Transportation Days．
It goes like this：You can't take any means of transportation more than once．We would start from home，walking two blocks to the rail station．We'd take the train into the city center，then a bus，switching to the tram，then maybe a taxi．We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district，but we didn't like the way the horses were treated，so we never did．At the end of the day，we took the subway to our closest station，where Mom's friend was waiting to give us a ride home-our first car ride of the day．
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around．She was born to be multimodal （多方式的）．She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and，above all，a failure of confidence-the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels．
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform，nothing is frightening anymore．New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored．And your personal car，if you have one，becomes just one more tool in the toolbox-and often an inadequate one，limiting both your mobility and your wallet．
On Transportation Days，we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy，but the transportation was the point．First，it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window．As I got older，my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself：How do I know where to get off？How do I know how much it costs？How do I know when I need tickets，and where to get them？What track，what line，which direction，where's the stop，and will I get wet when we go under the river？
I'm writing this right now on an airplane，a means we didn't try on our Transportation Days and，we now know，the dirtiest and most polluting of them all．My flight routed me through Philadelphia．My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport．She took a train to meet me．
55．Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days？B
A．Having a car ride．
B．Taking the train twice．
C．Buying more than one toy．
D．Touring the historic district．
56．According to the writer，what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days？A
A．Building confidence in herself．
B．Reducing her use of private cars．
C．Developing her sense of direction．
D．Giving her knowledge about vehicles．
57．The underlined word"paralyzed"（in Para.5）is closest in meaning to"D"．
A．displayed B．justified C．ignored D．ruined
58．Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of？A
A．Airplane． B．Subway． C．Tram． D．Car．
分析 我和我弟弟小時，在交通運輸日，母親總帶著我們乘坐火車、公共汽車、出租車等，讓我們感受到了自信與快樂．
解答 55．答案：B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段第一句中"You can't take any means of transportation more than once．"可知母親禁止乘坐兩次火車．
56．答案：A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段第二句中"She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and，above all，a failure of confidence-the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels．"可知，作者認為最大的受益在于增強自信．
57．答案：D．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)語境可知，該句意為：當我長大時，我母親幫我解密了可能使我無法作自我首次嘗試的秘密．ruined（毀滅），符合語境；displayed（陳列），justified（證明…是正當?shù)模�，ignored（不理睬），都與語境不符．
58．答案：A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段第一句中"…a means we didn't try on …the dirtiest and most polluting of them all．"可知，作者不贊同飛機．
點評 此類閱讀題主要考察考生提取信息和處理信息的能力，既注重特定細節(jié)的篩選、類比、綜合，又注重推理判斷題的考查，題目設(shè)置相對較容易．
