【題目】 (2010·全國卷Ⅱ)When you're lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(壓力)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(評論家)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(當(dāng)?shù)氐?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】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的最后一句話可知她現(xiàn)在住在美國。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句話可知。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)對Jarolim 的描述及她的著作，可知她的工作做得很成功。

【4】語篇解讀題。文章主要講了Jarolim為了生計而去vacation，而不是為了娛樂放松等。

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