B When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something! Here lies the problem 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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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 tood 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 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 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, 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(当地的)museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

46. Which country does Jarolim live in now?

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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

46-49BBAD

解析:

【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了以Jarolim为代表的旅行作家的工作情况，虽然看似享有旅行的轻松，但是对于他们来说，还有写旅行札记的任务在肩，文章以Jarolim 的经历向我们介绍了旅行作家这种职业的特点。

【小题1】细节理解题。文中虽然涉及到了四个选项也就是这四个国家所拥有的城市的名称，但是在第三段末句的so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there说明她现在的定居地是美国，所以答案选B。

【小题2】细节理解题。第五段第一句的the hard part is fact-checking all the information.里的hard part和本题的题干的most difficult 吻合。在本段用核实博物馆的情况举例说明什么是fact-checking all the information。

【小题3】推理判断题。从第三段她的就业经历很丰富，第四段提到她现在的工作状态，我们可以看出，她在traveling writing的工作领域内很成功。所以答案选A项。B项是对第一段第一句里的the stressed world seems a million miles away的曲解，本句的意思是说对于Jarolim的工作性质来说在旅游的时候她并不轻松，但是不能依据此说她生活在压力中；C项的half和第四段第一句的one-third相悖。虽然在最后一段用核实博物馆的情况举例说明什么是fact-checking all the information，但是不能由此推出D项所说的她对博物馆感兴趣。

【小题4】主旨大意题。文章介绍了一个旅行作家的工作状态和工作经历，以及她现在工作中的一些细节，相对于游客来说，同样在旅行的旅行作家却有写作的重担在身，Jarolim就是一个例子。A项的Travel Writing 很容易让考生误选，但是本选项的adventures却没有依据，所以不能选。D项的vacationing说明了旅行作家共工作的方式，而living就说明了他们工作的目的，这就是他们和普通游客不同的地方，所以答案选D。

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Dreams may be influenced(影响) by different things that are present during sleep.If a person is cold,he may dream that he is out in a snowstorm.Worries or anger may also influence the content of a dream.?

Some people think that they seldom dream,other people are quite sure that they do not dream at all.Studies of human sleep have shown,though,that everyone dreams every night.If a person thinks he does not dream,it is because he does not remember dreaming when he wakes up.Usually,a person may dream three to seven times for a total of one to two hours of dreaming every night.?

Perhaps you are wondering just how research workers can be sure that a person is dreaming.The story behind the discovery is an interesting one.?

During their research studies of human sleep,Dr.Kleitman and his assistant noticed that a person sleeping made sudden eye movements.These movements occurred at least several times a night.When a sleeper was awakened during these periods of eye movement it was learned that he had been dreaming.In most cases,the dreamer could then recall(回忆) his dream.The person's eye movements,scientists believe,were caused by the movements of his eyes as he followed the events of the dream.?

Not only does everyone dream,but it seems that we all need to dream.One theory is that dreaming gives us a chance to escape from the rules of our real world.In dreams we can see our wishes come true.We can be rich,powerful,and successful.?

　　Another theory is that in our dream we are trying to work out problems that have troubled us during waking moments.?

　　Whatever the explanation is,we all do dream,and dreaming is necessary and important to us.?

1.According to the selection,the research studies of human sleep show_____.?

A.few people dream at night?

B.some people dream three times every night?

C.some people may dream all the time during sleep?

D.everyone dreams several times every night?

2.According to the research studies,you may dream of a fire-engine________.?

A.when your alarm clock is ringing?

B.when you feel hungry?

C.when you are cold?

D.when you are ill?

3.According to the selection,you can discover what a sleeping person is dreaming of by _____.?

A.watching him (her) closely?

B.waking him(her) up when he(she) makes sudden eye movements?

C.watching his(her) eye movements?

D.talking to him while he (she) is sleeping?

4.Dreaming is important to us_______.?

A.because scientists help us in our dreams?

B.because we can relax and enjoy a care free life in our dreams?

C.because we can have a good rest?

D.because we can make discoveries in our dreams?

A proven method for effective textbook reading is the SQ3R method developed by Francis Robinson. The first is to survey (the S step) the chapter by reading the title, introduction, section headings, summary., and by studying any graphs, tables, illustrations or charts. The purpose of this step is to get an overview of the chapter so that you will know before you read what it will be about. In the second step (the Q step), for each section you ask yourself questions such as "What do I already know about this topic?" and "What do I want to know?" In this step you also take the section heading and turn it into a question. This step gives you a purpose for reading the section. The third step (the first of the 3 R's) is to read to find the answers to your questions. Then at the end of each section, before going on to the next section, you recite ( the second of the 3 R's) the answers to the questions that formed in the question step. When you recite you should say the information you want to learn out loud in your own words. The fifth step is done after you have completed step 2, 3 and 4 for each section. You review (the last of the 3 R's) the entire chapter. The review is done much as the survey was in the first step. As you review, hold a mental conversation with yourself as you recite the information you selected as important to learn. The mental conversation could take the form of asking and answering the questions formed the headings or reading the summary, which lists the main ideas in the chapter, and trying to fill in the details for each main idea.

The passage implies that the SQ3R method .

A. needs to be prove B. leaves much to be desired

C. turns out to be practicable D. cannot be used by every reader

The SQ3R method consists of steps .

A. three B. four C. five D. seven

According to the passage, the first step helps the readers .

A. read the first several paragraphs B. scan the whole chapter

C. study the graphs D. get the theme of chapter

Which of the following statements is true?

A. In the last step, you should remember all the information.

B. When you finish the last step, you will get both the main idea and the details.

C. The mental conversation involves answering the questions asked by the author.

D. While you are holding a mental conversation you select the important information.

When you have a post-office box, the postman doesn’t bring letters to you, but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, only you have the key, so the letters and parcels are safe.

One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”

Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why haven't we got a post-office box yet?”

This was the answer from the post-office:

“Dear sir,

We gave you a post-office box two months and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”

When you have a post-office box, _____.

A. it is easier for you to write letters B. you will have more letters than parcels

C. you get your letters in front of your house D. you got to the post-office to get your letters

The word “key” in this passage means _____.

A. 邮件 B. 密码 C. 编号 D. 钥匙

The headmaster _____.

A. wrote many letters to the post-office B. didn’t like the postman

C. didn’t know how a post-office box worked D. forgot to pay for the post-office box

When the post-office said that you could get a post-office, he meant _____.

A. you may go to the post-office to get your mails

B. you must wait to get the post-office box

C. you must write again to get the key

D. you must pay for the box before you got it

Which of the following might not be true?

A. If you want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know.

B. When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman.

C. You go to the post-office to get the key to your box.

D. After you get a post-office box, the post man will not send mails to your house.

Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he has sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.

Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health. Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline（界限）state between health and disease.

According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week.

Symptoms include a lack of energy,depression,slow reactions,insomnia,anger,and poor memory.Other symptoms include shortness of breath,sweating and aching in the waist and legs.

The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health,according to some medical experts,is to from good liwing habits,alternate work and rest,exercise regularly,and take park in open air activities.

As for meals,people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.They should also eat more fresh vegetables,fruits,fish because they are rich in nutritional elements—vitamins and other elements that are important to the body.Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract. They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health.

1.According to this passage, which of the following is true?

A. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay at home and keep silent.

B. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine.

C. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries.

D. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself.

2.It may be easy for middle-aged people to get sub-healthy because _________.

A. they have used up their energy

B. they have lost their living hopes

C. they have more pressure in life and work

D. they begin to get older

3.The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should ________.

A. work hard B. sleep more

C. form good living habits D. take more medicine

4.The underlined word “alternate” in this passage is closest in meaning to _________.

A. arrange by turns B. cause to take place

C. keep oneself busy with D. get tired of