2019-2020学年高中英语 第五单元检测 新人教版选修7.pdfVIP

第五单元检测 (时间:90分钟 满分:120分) 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分) 第一节(共 12 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A 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 travelling 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 ArtsandAntiques Brides advice everywhere—in ,in ,or in one of her three books,The CompleteIdiot’sTravelGuideinMexico’sBeachResorts. 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 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,Arizona. 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. 1Which country does Jarolim live in now? A.Mexico. B.The U.S. C.The U.K. D.Canada. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知亚罗利姆搬到了美国;并结合第四段最后一句 “...athomeinTucson,Arizona”可知答案为B 项。 2What is most di icult for Jarolim? A.Working in di erent places to collect information. B.Checking all the facts to be written in the