Question

 

Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career（职业）．He has always wanted to travel.“I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,”he says.

The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）．At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews，a medical check and police clearance，the job was his.

Estrella is responsible（负责的）for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. "I enjoy it because there is no other work--you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture. It's exciting when you go to the next country and you don't understand the language，”he says.

Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.

But there is a downside. “You cannot get really drunk... because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others，”he says. "You don't really think about home. You start to-think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you'll be doing.”

Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day，seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day--and to give up drinking too much alcohol.”In his spare time，if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew's gym，goes on the internet or calls home.

 

1.What do we know about Estrella?

A. He is very fond of traveling.

B. He doesn't drink wine now.

C. He cannot speak a foreign language.

D. He used to be a housekeeping manager.

2.The underlined word "downside" in paragraph 5 probably means＿.

A. disappointment   B. disadvantage     C. failure          D. loss

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Estrella doesn't often feel homesick because of his work.

B. The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person.

C. Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship.

D. The people on the ship are from 94 countries.

4.In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is＿．

A. not a tiring journey at all             B. just an interesting voyage

C. far from a voyage for pleasure        D. more than a pleasant travel by sea

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

【分析】根据文章第一段的He has always wanted to travel.“I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,”he says可以看此答案

【高考考点】细节理解

【备考提示】：把握全文，正确理解，合理推断。

2.B

【分析】根据But there is a downside 的前后句子含义以及but的转折作用可以看出后面应该是与前面相对或相反的内容了。

【高考考点】词义猜测

【易错点】：AD 主要是因为没有真正理解文章以及AD选项词汇的含义。

【备考提示】：联系上下文，准确推测词义

3.A

【分析】根据You don't really think about home. You start to-think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you'll be doing.可以看出正确答案。”

【高考考点】推理判断

【易错点】：B 有学生可能会认为“既然要长时间在船上不能回家，所以就不适合结了婚的人了”。其实很多船员都是已经结婚的。包括军舰上的水兵。

【备考提示】：推理判断要忠实于原文。同时要丰富社会知识。

4.C

【分析】综合全段，作者主要是讲船上生活的繁忙单调并要受到很多制约，并不是一种“每个人都适合的工作”。尤其是从Life on the ship is anything but cruising和He warns the job is not for everybody 这两句话，可以看出答案应该是C

【高考考点】综合概括

【易错点】：因为没有正确把握Life on the ship is anything but cruising和He warns the job is not for everybody的真正含义以及受上文的He has always wanted to travel…的影响可能作出错误选择

【备考提示】：把握文章/段落中心，恰当综合概况