阅读理解As a kid growing up in a suburb of London, I loved to go looking for the perfect park bench. Some Sunday mornings, my dad could be persuaded to drive to new parks. We'd have a kick-around with a soccer ball, share a bag of Dotritos and check out all the benches in the area, reading the words on them.The good park bench leaves me in a state, somewhere between nostalgia(怀旧)and eager antic ration (一份滑稽). Where once I was excited by the words carved on wood, I now find, as a 10-year-old, that I'm more appreciative of each bench's quiet stoicism(坦然谈定), the way they are willing to wait out their tum in every weather, remaining available to all-comers. Like a good book or piece of music ,a park bench allows for a sense of solitude and community at the same time, which is crucial to life in a great city.Part of my recession with park benches is as spaces where history settles. By planting seeds of curiosity, and making space for reflection, park benches become doors to the past. Maybe that's the greatest power of the park bench:its rapacity(贪婪)encourages the art of observation. A good bench catches us in our quietest, most vulnerable (脆弱的) moments, when we may be open to imagining new nanauves and revisiting old ones. Our masks are taken off, hung from the bench's wrought iron (锻铁). On other nearby benches,babies are being burped (打嗝). Glances exchanged. Sandwiches eaten. Newspapers read it.Lately, I've found me sitting on a lot of cramped metal benches of the kind that don't invite you to stay long,or uneasy ones that leave you cold. That's because public seating is becoming an endangered species. Our cities are becoming more like Disneyland, which has been quietly removing public seating and replacing it with more restaurant seating. If you want a moment's rest in 2Ist-century America, you have to open your wallet.One recent Sunday, I wandered through Central Park. To be in Central Park in what is hopefully the pandemic's twilight is to be reminded of the beauty of living in a city that still makes space for park benches in the modem cityscape.
(1)
How did the writer lead in the topic?
A . By describing the scene of the park.
B . By introducing his childhood experience.
C . By revealing his passion for London.
D . By showing his father's affection for him.
(2)
What can we learn about the writer after he grew up?
A . He liked the feel park benches brought to him.
B . He enjoyed the peace in the park very much.
C . He was still crazy about the words on the bench.
D . He was suffering great frustration in his 40s.
(3)
What does the underlined word "solitude" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A . Achievements.
B . Loss.
C . Happiness.
D . Privacy.
(4)
Why is public seating becoming an endangered species?
A . It is commercialized.
B . It is usually made of metal.
C . It is quite out of date.
D . It is uncomfortable to sit there.
答案: B
A
D
A