Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end—with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste. " "Drink Good'n Wet Root Beer. " "Fill up with Pacific Gas. " Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “ You Need It! Buy It Now!"?
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you've traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed—new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you've got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there's a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you've sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests—even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
According to the writer, long bus rides and TV shows are similar in that __________.

A．they are both long and boring, with commercials disturbing you all the time

B．they both have a beginning, middle, and an end, with commercials in between

C．they are both exciting, with new things to see in every three or four minutes

D．they both make you sit in your seat uncomfortably for a very long time

The writer sounds as if he likes __________.

A．reckless bus drivers	B．sleeping on bus trips
C．salty food	D．commercials

The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are __________.

A．tiring

B．comfortable

C．exciting

D．boring

When passengers get tired, they tend to __________.

A．watch the commercials	B．eat food
C．cross their legs	D．change their ways to sit

What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To warn people of the danger on long bus trips.

B．To persuade readers to take a long bus trip.

C．To describe the writer's own feelings from long bus trips.

D．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

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