单选题
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
Hitchhiking(搭车旅游)

When I was in my teens(十几岁) and 20s, hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport. The kindness or curiosity of strangers {{U}}(51) {{/U}} me all over Europe, North America, Asia and southern Africa. Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality {{U}}(52) {{/U}} the road.
Not only did you find out much more about a country than {{U}}(53) {{/U}} traveling by train or plane, but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. So what has happened to {{U}}(54) {{/U}}?
A few years ago, I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a newspaper. {{U}}(55) {{/U}} of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking.
"If there is a hitchhiker's {{U}}(56) {{/U}} it must be Iran. " came one reply. Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking, {{U}}(57) {{/U}} was Quebec, Canada: "If you don't mind being berated (严厉指责) for not speaking French. "
But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world, the {{U}}(58) {{/U}} feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed (消亡).
With so much news about crime in the media, people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger. But do we {{U}}(59) {{/U}} to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift?
In Poland in the 1960s, {{U}}(60) {{/U}} a Polish woman who e-mailed me, "The authorities introduced the Hitchhiker's Booklet. The booklet contained coupons for drivers, so each time a driver {{U}}(61) {{/U}} somebody, he or she received a coupon. At the end of the season, {{U}}(62) {{/U}} who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes. Everybody was hitchhiking then. "
Surely this is a good idea for society. Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down {{U}}(63) {{/U}} between strangers. It would help fight {{U}}(64) {{/U}} warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels. It would also improve educational standards by delivering instant {{U}}(65) {{/U}} in geography, history, politics and sociology.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词搭配题。take me all over Europe属于动宾结构的固定搭配，take表示让人搭车。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 介词搭配题。本句意思是：许多人一路上给予了我热情。on the road：固定的介词短语。其他选项均不合适。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 结构衔接题。本句意思：不仅你发现了比乘坐火车或飞机旅游时更多的地方。这里把搭车旅游与乘车旅游相比较，when表示旅游的过程中，因此，选择A．
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。通过上下文可以推测出这里指搭车旅游发生的事情。因此选择代词it．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 结构衔接题。这里hundreds of people符合结构的衔接。其他选项均在语法上错误。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。本句意思：如果有搭车旅游的天堂的话，它一定是伊朗。这里搭车旅游的天堂符合语义。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 结构衔接题。as在这里引导一个从句。like和for只能与名词相接。since与语义不符合。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 语义辨析题。feeling只能与general一起搭配使用，符合词义。其他选项可以形容物体实际的大小，不能用来修饰情感。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 结构辨析题。must和should是情态动词，不能与助动词连用。have to不符合句子意义，只有need符合语法要求。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。according to：按照，根据。owing to和due to都比较正式，表示因为，例如：Owing to the had weather，this morning's night will be delayed．由于天气恶劣，今天早上的航班会延误。He is retiring due to his ill health．由于健康原因，他要退休了。With respect to：至于，例如：With respect to your request，I am not yet able to agree．至于你的请求，我还不能同意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词汇辨义题。pick up：搭乘，捎带；sent：送；selected：选择；brought：带。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。根据上下文，这里显然应该选择司机。其他词义均不符合上下文。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。本句意思：搭车旅游会由于打破了与陌生人的障碍受到越来越多的尊敬。fence：篱笆；barrier：障碍，例如：language barrier语言障碍；gap：鸿沟，差距，例如：generation gap/development gap代沟/发展的差距。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 形容词辨析题。本句意思为：这将有助于通过减少燃料的消耗来抵御全球变暖。从词义的角度只有global(全球的)符合句子的意思。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。本句意思：通过提供即时的地理、历史、政治和社会学课程，搭车旅游也提高了人们的教育水平。因此D项符合语义。其他选项均不符合句子意思。