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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

Answer 1

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。