Question

When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(壓力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and tood critic(評論家),Edie Jarolim “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her there books, The Complate Idiot’s Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resarts.

……writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a Test Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim workedfor a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arigona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local(當?shù)氐?museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

1.Which country does Jarolim live in now?

A．Mexico B．The U. S. C．The U. K. D．Canada

2.What is most difficrlt for Jarolim?

A．Working in different places to collect information

B．Checking all the facts to be written in the guides

C．Finishing her work as soon as possible

D．Passing a test to write travel guides

3.What do we know about Jarllim from the text?

A．She is successful in her job

B．She finds her life full of stresses

C．She spends half of her time traveling

D．She is especially interested in museums

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Adventures in Travel Writing

B．Working as a Food Critic

C．Travel Guides on the Market

D．Vacationing for a Living

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】本篇閱讀理解的文字風(fēng)格略顯詼諧，Hi, stop! 但有實際的描述了一個很普遍的謀生問題：謀生在Jarolim身上既是度假休閑，又是寫作和評論的源泉。這是一篇展示生活的文章。

從文字設(shè)計上看，影響考生理解完整意思的因素可能是專有名詞和對話的插入，但是如果避開障礙，處理好這些內(nèi)容，整篇文章文字比較通順流暢。難度并不大。

1.文章第三段提示 “then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there. ”

2.文章最后一段第一句 “As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. ” 提示

3.根據(jù)全文的介紹，說明這是一種成功的生活方式。

4.提示在文章第一段結(jié)尾句 “Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!”和第二段第二句 “but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,”說明了沒有想到“度假也可以謀生”的欣喜之情。