When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.

My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.

Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.

Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.

1.After the author quit her job, she decided to ______.

A. divorce her husbandB. be a wedding photographer

C. pay off all her debtD. go travelling abroad

2. What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?

A. She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.

B. She realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer.

C. She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.

D. She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.

3.The author believed her success mainly resulted from ______.

A. her personal reasonsB. her photographing skills

C. free marketing for bloggingD. booming of travel industry

4. What did the author think of her two years' work?

A. Inspiring. B. Appealing. C. Interesting. D. Challenging.

 

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】作者在本文中講述了自己本來想做一名旅游攝影師，但是無心插柳柳成蔭成為了一名職業(yè)的博主。

1.D

【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段2,3行. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.可知當我辭職以后我決定離開美國出去旅行，同時拍攝照片。故D正確。

2.2】D

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后3行When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger可知編輯故事我我已經(jīng)不能再從事旅行攝影師的工作了 ，但是我一路上所拍攝的照片被我發(fā)到微博上以后，在無意中我成為了專業(yè)的博客。故D正確。

3.3】C

【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句At first，I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.可知C項free marketing for blogging符合上下文。

4.4】A

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后3行Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere可知雖然我的工作很有意義，但是讓我更開心的是我的經(jīng)歷告訴他人只要努力追趕自己的夢想，一切都可以實現(xiàn)。說明作者認為自己的工作是可以鼓舞他人的。故A正確。

【長難句解析】

When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused.

【翻譯】當我決定辭去作為婚禮攝影師的工作的時候，我才20大幾，剛剛和Bob離婚，他讓我感覺很空虛和困惑。

【分析】本句中有一個定語從句who had left me empty and confused修飾先行詞Bob,注意句中的時態(tài)，過去完成時表示該動作是在謂語動詞之前就發(fā)生的。另外注意in one’s twenties表示在某人二十幾歲的時候。

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