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When you"re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (压力) 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 food critic (评论家) 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 three books The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexico"s Beach Resorts.
Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada. she
took a test for Frommer"s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer"s, Jarolim
worked for 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, Arizona.
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 (当地的) museum hours correct or you
could really ruin someone"s vacation. |
| 1. Which country does Jarolim live in now? |
A. Mexico.
B. The U.K
C. The U.S.
D. Canada |
| 2. What is most difficult 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 Jarolim 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 he the best titlefor the text? |
A. Adventures in Travel Writing
B. Working as a Food Critic
C. Travel Guides on the Market
D. Vacationing for a Living |
答案
| 1-4: CBAD |
举一反三
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. "What
is it?" I 1 . I turned it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) address. Immediately
my mind traveled 2 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 3 on my
shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always
taken me there to ask his workers 4 they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the 5 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader"s office. After a quick glance he 6 me
over to the fire-place. Noticing the 7 in the top of my 8 , he said, "Come with me!" pulling me
into his pickup truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the
finest pair of shoes I had 9 seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up 10 them. "We"d like a pair
of new socks too," Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 11 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With
12 eyes, I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately, "Jimmy, I
want you to 13 I love you".
I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed a flicker of hope that somehow things would be
14 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love that would always
make a 15 . |
( )1. A. said
( )2. A. forward
( )3. A. novels
( )4. A. what
( )5. A. dust
( )6. A. led
( )7. A. hole
( )8. A. magazine
( )9. A. ever
( )10. A. for
( )11. A. pen
( )12. A. tearful
( )13. A. admit
( )14. A. mistaken
( )15. A. deal | B. asked
B. behind
B. newspapers
B. how
B. sweat
B. followed
B. mud
B. shoe
B. already
B. with
B. paper
B. unbelievable
B. know
B. right
B. fortune | C. wondered
C. ahead
C. magazines
C. whether
C. tail
C. watched
C. water
C. sock
C. never
C. on
C. card
C. curious
C. consider
C. all right
C. choice | D. told
D. back
D. food
D. why
D. rain
D. carried
D. cover
D. bag
D. hardly
D. in
D. notebook
D. puzzled
D. express
D. possible
D. difference |
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There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two
buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had
seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path,
one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full
bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its
holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has
me to water the flowers every day! I don"t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space
you are!"
And all that the old bucket could say was, "I know I"m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I"m
happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least."
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said,
"You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look
carefully along the path."
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was
carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden. |
| 1. What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean? |
A. Dirty
B. Dark
C. Worn-out
D. Plain-looking. |
| 2. What was the old bucket ashamed of? |
A. His past.
B. His aging.
C. His manner.
D. His leaking. |
| 3. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener? |
A. Because it was used to keep a balance
B. Because it stayed in its best condition
C. Because it was taken as a treasure
D. Because it had its own function |
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The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played
during the break .She seemed so small as she pushed her way 1 the crowd of boys on the
playground . She 2 from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3 . She would practice dribbling
(运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 4 . One day I asked her 5 she practiced
so much. She looked 6 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to
college. The only way I can 7 is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want
to be 8 . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count."
Well, I had to give it in to her-she was 9 . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass,
head 10 in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was 11 . "Oh, nothing," came a soft
reply. "I"m just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably 12 get to play for a
top ranked team, 13 offered a scholarship. So she 14 stop dreaming about college.
She was 15 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.
She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didn"t 16 the power of a dream.
He told her 17 she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 18
could stop her except one thing-her own attitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts
don"t count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was
seen by a college recruiter(招聘人员). She was indeed offered a 19 .She was going to get the college
education that she had 20 and worked toward for all those years. |
( )1. A. through
( )2. A. brought out
( )3. A. only
( )4. A. dark
( )5. A. how
( )6. A. worriedly
( )7. A. go
( )8. A. worse
( )9. A. determined
( )10. A. covered
( )11. A. the affair
( )12. A. ever
( )13. A. far more
( )14. A. should
( )15. A. overjoyed
( )16. A. understand
( )17. A. even if
( )18. A. anything
( )19. A. prize
( )20. A. dreamed of | B. across
B. showed out
B. lonely
B. dawn
B. when
B. shyly
B. get
B. better
B. encouraged
B. enclosed
B. the wrong
B. even
B. much less
B. must
B. moved
B. experience
B. as if
B. nothing
B. medal
B. accepted | C. over
C. stood out
C. simply
C. midnight
C. why
C. quietly
C. enter
C. the best
C. fixed
C. dropped
C. matter
C. once
C. much fewer
C. can
C. embarrassed
C. learn
C. that if
C. something
C. scholarship
C. thought of | D. into
D. worked out
D. alone
D. daybreak
D. what
D. directly
D. attend
D. the worst
D. fascinated
D. buried
D. the matter
D. never
D. many more
D. may
D. heartbroken
D. believe
D. only if
D. everything
D. position
D. appreciated |
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On the IraqSyria border,a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food. The leader of the
pack was a grayandwhite dog. The soldiers called him Nubs. Nubs was shaking and 1 able to stand.
Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound 2 his chest.
Dennis couldn"t stand seeing the dog 3 . He and his men immediately treated the wound,and gave
Nubs oral medicine. Nubs 4 but was still in pain. The next day,the team had to 5 .Ten days later,
Dennis"s unit was back,and so was Nubs. He was still 6 , but the men fed him and played with him.
Before long the unit once again 7 an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. Nubs,slowly but
determinedly, 8 them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost 9 of him. Two days later,
beyond Dennis"s 10 , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost. The dog had tracked him across 70 miles
of frozen desert to 11 with the friend who had saved his life. From then on Nubs and the men slept
in the same place,and ran around in the same ruins.
Until an order came down from above that they were not 12 to have pets, Dennis 13 to make
sure the dog would continue to live the 14 life. So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends
to fly Nubs to 15 .
A month later, when Dennis and the dog were 16 in California,at first Nubs didn"t recognize the
guy. 17 within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis"s arms, jumping up again and again to 18 his
friend"s face.A little 19 and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world. But small stories,
like the story of a soldier and a dog, hold a promise of a(n) 20 world. |
( )1. A. mostly
( )2. A. in
( )3. A. stand
( )4. A. pulled through
( )5. A. leave
( )6. A. hungry
( )7. A. took up
( )8. A. watched
( )9. A. touch
( )10. A. ability
( )11. A. part
( )12. A. asked
( )13. A. decided
( )14. A. moving
( )15. A. London
( )16. A. found
( )17. A. So
( )18. A. lick
( )19. A. pity
( )20. A. equal | B. certainly
B. on
B. starve
B. fell asleep
B. rest
B. tired
B. took over
B. followed
B. sight
B. surprise
B. fight
B. suggested
B. agreed
B. good
B. America
B. interviewed
B. And
B. touch
B. mercy
B. harmonious | C. barely
C. at
C. bleed
C. woke up
C. pass
C. dirty
C. left for
C. accompanied
C. footprint
C. imagination
C. meet
C. required
C. accepted
C. safe
C. Iraq
C. linked
C. But
C. bite
C. care
C. prosperous | D. never
D. behind
D. suffer
D. fell down
D. remain
D. weak
D. returned from
D. barked
D. smell
D. understanding
D. break
D. allowed
D. proposed
D. interesting
D. Syria
D. reunited
D. Though
D. clean
D. contribution
D. amazing |
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I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family created one. First, we
put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we waited for the live ants to arrive. Shortly after the chilly
ants were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one
knew exactly what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had assigned jobs. With my
mom " s help, I kept a diary of what happened each day and named the ants.
One day a tragedy struck the ant farm. The pages of the diary, still wrinkled where tear drops fell,
indicate the depth of the tragedy." I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally tipped it
over, caving in all the tunnels. Although the ants survived their earthquake, one by one they began to die.
I was terrified as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a comer of the farm. My mother reported that the ants were dying of "frustration." They simply could not stand the reality that
their tunnels had been destroyed.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me
about the natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the ants were a
study in the benefits of teamwork. Working together, they were able to create an amazing world for
themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work. Day in and day out, each
labored at their task. The ant farm showed that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key
ingredients to success. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity (不幸、灾祸) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up
when they face disappointment. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel caves in, we just have
to build another. Giving up, I say, is not a choice. |
| 1. The family created an ant farm in a glass box because it was easy _____. |
A. for the ants to live in
B. to get sun light in
C. to keep the sand clean
D. for the boy to observe |
| 2. What made the pages of the diary wrinkled? |
A. The tears.
B. The earthquake
C. The ants.
D. The tragedy. |
| 3. What did the writer finally realize? |
A. Perseverance is the only way to success.
B. Humans cannot give up when facing adversity.
C. People should admire anyone for their hard work.
D. His mother taught him much more. |
| 4. When did the writer draw a more important lesson from his experience? |
A. Before he was seven years old.
B. When he was seven years old.
C. Immediately after the tragedy.
D. Many years after the tragedy |
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