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【题目】 (2010·全国卷)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 ldiot't Travel Guide Medco' Beach Recarts.

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 onethird 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 factchecking 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.S.

C.The U.K.

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 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

【答案】【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】【1】细节理解题。根据第三段中的最后一句话可知她现在住在美国。

【2】细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句话可知。

【3】推理判断题。根据对Jarolim 的描述及她的著作,可知她的工作做得很成功。

【4】语篇解读题。文章主要讲了Jarolim为了生计而去vacation,而不是为了娱乐放松等。

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【题目】Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75% using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the Foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as on fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the Foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the Foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards(危险)are the greatestcurves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can at first cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drives the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1The passage mainly discusses________.

Aa new way of highway speed control

Ba new pattern for painting highways

Ca new approach to training drivers

Da new type of optical illusion

2On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel________.

Athey should avoid speed-related hazards

Bthey are driving in the wrong lane

Cthey should slow down their speed

Dthey are approaching the speed limit

3The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to________.

Atry out the Japanese method in certain areas

Bchange the road signs across the country

Creplace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

Drepeat the Japanese road patterns

4What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?

AThey are falling out of use in the US.

BThey are applicable only on broad roads.

CThey cannot be applied successfully to traffic rules.

DThey tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.

5The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former________.

Acan keep drivers awake

Bcan cut road accidents in half

Cwill have a longer effect on drivers

Dwill look more attractive

【题目】(2010·辽宁卷)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier(收银台)in her general store._ 【1】___I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying“thank you”.

At first I was paid in candy.__ 【2】__I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account._ 【3】___

By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics(化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?”I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup(化妆)ideas.__ 【4】__

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn't need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener._ 【5】___Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.

A.Later I received 50 cents an hour.

B.Before long, she let me sit there by myself.

C.I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.

D.Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.

E.My grandma's trust taught me how to handle responsibility.

F.Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.

G.Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.

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