Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Trainspotting based on Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name and starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us can really claim to 661 what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered the coolest hobby in town and the word “train-spotter”, in Britain has become similar in meaning to "geek" or "nerd (蠢货或书呆子),but is this 662 really deserved?
First of all, let’s 663 train-spotting. There are said to be some 100,000 train-spotters in the UK. What do they do? Well, exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the serial numbers of the trains that leave and arrive and write them down. The 664 is to have seen every train in the country.
Being keen on railways and trains is not a 665 hobby and dates back to 1804 when Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive, which pulled a load of ten tons of iron, 70 men and five wagons along a nine-mile stretch of track in two hours. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow. Is this any 666 than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, it’s a wonderfully 667 pastime—all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. The modem train-spotter may also carry binoculars(望远镜)and a video camera, but for the purists these are 668 .
It’s interesting to note that despite the stigma(污名）of train-spotting, there have been famous railway 669 in history, such as the poet WH Auden, the comedian Michael Palin and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock, who was a fan of trains and featured them regularly in his films, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a(n) 670 British hobby.
One glance at the US train sites should be enough to 671 you that transatlantic train-spotters are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail fans ‘trainfans' and talk of ‘trainfanning’.. Don’t let this 672 you—these people are train-spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org.
So call them ‘nerds' or ‘geeks’, but they are here to stay and this is 673 not a hobby that is violent or dangerous in any way, nor does it cause any kind of damage to the environment. What do you think is healthier—sitting in front of a TV screen and 674 those who do something that doesn’t interest you? Or going out and finding and following your 675 whatever that happens to be? I know what I think.
661．A．discover B．know C．wonder D．consider
662．A．occupation B．reputation C．ignorance D．practice
663．A．face B．find C．discuss D．define
664．A．aim B．answer C．advice D．approach
665．A．special B．modem C．life-long D．personal
666．A．stranger B．more interesting C．more common D．freer
667．A．relaxing B．weird C．inexpensive D．unpopular
668．A．relieving B．priceless C．sufficient D．unnecessary
669．A．enthusiasts B．engineers C．developers D．passengers
670．A．originally B．peculiarly C．inevitably D．progressively
671．A．warn B．promise C．convince D．disappoint
672．A．hurt B．seize C．oppose D．fool
673．A．formerly B．similarly C．astonishingly D．certainly
674．A．criticizing B．envying C．training D．imitating
675．A．suggestion B．step C．passion D．model
【答案】661~665.BBDAB 666~670.ACDAB 671~675.CDDAC
First of all, let’s 663 train-spotting. There are said to be some 100,000 train-spotters in the UK. What do they do? Well, exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the serial numbers of the trains that leave and arrive and write them down. The 664 is to have seen every train in the country.
Being keen on railways and trains is not a 665 hobby and dates back to 1804 when Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive, which pulled a load of ten tons of iron, 70 men and five wagons along a nine-mile stretch of track in two hours. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow. Is this any 666 than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, it’s a wonderfully 667 pastime—all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. The modem train-spotter may also carry binoculars(望远镜)and a video camera, but for the purists these are 668 .
It’s interesting to note that despite the stigma(污名）of train-spotting, there have been famous railway 669 in history, such as the poet WH Auden, the comedian Michael Palin and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock, who was a fan of trains and featured them regularly in his films, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a(n) 670 British hobby.
One glance at the US train sites should be enough to 671 you that transatlantic train-spotters are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail fans ‘trainfans' and talk of ‘trainfanning’.. Don’t let this 672 you—these people are train-spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org.
So call them ‘nerds' or ‘geeks’, but they are here to stay and this is 673 not a hobby that is violent or dangerous in any way, nor does it cause any kind of damage to the environment. What do you think is healthier—sitting in front of a TV screen and 674 those who do something that doesn’t interest you? Or going out and finding and following your 675 whatever that happens to be? I know what I think.
661．A．discover B．know C．wonder D．consider
662．A．occupation B．reputation C．ignorance D．practice
663．A．face B．find C．discuss D．define
664．A．aim B．answer C．advice D．approach
665．A．special B．modem C．life-long D．personal
666．A．stranger B．more interesting C．more common D．freer
667．A．relaxing B．weird C．inexpensive D．unpopular
668．A．relieving B．priceless C．sufficient D．unnecessary
669．A．enthusiasts B．engineers C．developers D．passengers
670．A．originally B．peculiarly C．inevitably D．progressively
671．A．warn B．promise C．convince D．disappoint
672．A．hurt B．seize C．oppose D．fool
673．A．formerly B．similarly C．astonishingly D．certainly
674．A．criticizing B．envying C．training D．imitating
675．A．suggestion B．step C．passion D．model
【答案】661~665.BBDAB 666~670.ACDAB 671~675.CDDAC
