The car, running along the well?lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the ____ on purpose, ____ that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?” “9 o'clock after this ____.” “Then when do you come out in the morning?” I ____ another question. “9 o'clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His ____ surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I ____ from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it's hard to earn money, they're often ____ by the police, or that their leaders are seated lazily, ____ the fruits. But this driver told me, “I find it ____ to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for ____. It's fortunate that I hardly drive ____ a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never ____ an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along a ____, I turn into a narrow street...”

His words showed his ____ with his life and the pride he ____ in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high ____. As an ancient saying goes, “Neither joy in material ____ nor grieve (悲痛) over personal setbacks.” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by ____ living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn't help feeling ____ when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold ____.

【小题】A. window B. stillness C. silence D. quietness

【小题】A. on condition B. for fear C. in belief D. in order

【小题】A. night B. trip C. cycle D. process

【小题】A. threw out B. gave away C. made up D. led to

【小题】A. character B. confidence C. attitude D. easiness

【小题】A. suffer B. request C. benefit D. hear

【小题】A. detected B. ordered C. fined D. seized

【小题】A. keeping B. tasting C. enjoying D. choosing

【小题】A. exciting B. disappointing C. tiring D. amazing

【小题】A. freedom B. pleasure C. hobby D. company

【小题】A. without B. with C. behind D. beside

【小题】A. follow B. admire C. envy D. meet

【小题】A. route B. path C. railway D. highway

【小题】A. intelligence B. satisfaction C. competition D. honesty

【小题】A. made B. held C. caught D. took

【小题】A. buildings B. mountains C. standard D. heaven

【小题】A. gains B. concerns C. supports D. loss

【小题】A. special B. happy C. simple D. original

【小题】A. angry B. content C. dangerous D. curious

【小题】A. morning B. night C. moment D. season

 

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 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(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 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

 

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