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【題目】

Have you heard of Lonely Planet？It is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.

For about 40 years，Lonely Planet's travel books have offered great advice and tips for backpackers and other low—cost travelers around the world. If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you should read its books，or visit their website and get ideas from the forums（論壇）

Lonely Planet was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler. Maureen was born in Belfast，Northern Ireland. At age 20 she moved to London，where she met Tony Wheeler and got married with him. Just days after graduating in 1972，Tony and his wife Maureen drove from London to Afghanistan and eventually arrived in Sydney, Australia. Although at the end of the trip, they almost had no money left, they were very happy. Later in the year, people they met asked them continually—How did you travel? What did you see? What did it cost? These made them to turn their diaries into the first Lonely Planet book.

They spent a long time writing their first travel guide，Across Asia on the Cheap，in their home in Australia. Within a week they had sold about 1. 500 copies. The Lonely Planet Story is an unusual mix of autobiography（自傳），business history and travel book. The book was soon became the backpackers' bible. Then the Wheelers set up a publishing company called" Lonely Planet Publications." They have produced travel guides to just about every corner of the globe. In 2009，the company changed its name to "Lonely Planet".

Now. Lonely Planet has become the world's most successful travel publisher. It has offices around the world.

【1】Backpackers can get ___________from Lonely Planet's travel books.

A.adviceB.moneyC.booksD.website

【2】___________set up the publishing company “Lonely Planet Publications”.

A.Tony WheelerB.Some backpackers

C.Tony Wheeler and his wifeD.Some low—cost travelers

【3】The Wheelers travelled ___________just days after graduating in 1972.

A.from London to AfghanistanB.from London to Sydney

C.from Afghanistan to LondonD.from Sydney to London

【4】The underlined word “These” in the passage probably refers to___________.

A.people they metB.the problems people met

C.the days they travelledD.the fact people asked them questions

【5】The Lonely Planet Story is a kind of autobiography as well as___________.

A.science fictionB.business historyC.detective storiesD.film guide

【6】Which of the following statement is NOT true？

A.The Wheelers almost had no money left after the journey，but they felt happy.

B.If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you'd better to read Across Asia on the Cheap.

C.Maureen met Tony Wheeler in Belfast，Northern Ireland at the age of 20.

D.The travel guide was so popular that they had sold about 1，500 copies in a week.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】

本文主要介紹了《孤獨(dú)星球》�！豆陋�(dú)星球》的旅游書籍為背包客和世界各地的其他低成本旅行者提供了很好的建議和建議,它非常受歡迎，最后發(fā)展成了世界上最大的旅游指南書出版商。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：背包客能從《孤獨(dú)星球》旅游書中獲得什么？根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Lonely Planet's travel books have offered great advice and tips for backpackers，可知，從這本書中可獲得很多建議。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：誰創(chuàng)建了出版公司“孤獨(dú)星球出版社”。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Then the Wheelers set up a publishing company called" Lonely Planet Publications."可知，是the Wheelers，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：惠勒夫婦在1972年畢業(yè)之后旅行……了幾天。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Just days after graduating in 1972，Tony and his wife Maureen drove from London to Afghanistan and eventually arrived in Sydney, Australia.可知，他們從倫敦到阿富汗最后到達(dá)澳大利亞的悉尼。故選B。

【4】詞義猜測題。題意：下劃線“these”指的是什么？A. people they met他們遇見的人；B. the problems people met人們遇見的問題；C. the days they travelled他們旅行的日子；D. the fact people asked them questions人們問他們問題的事實(shí)。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容How did you travel? What did you see? What did it cost? These made them to turn their diaries into the first Lonely Planet book.可知，these指代上文的問題，故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。題意：《寂寞星球》是一種自傳也是什么？根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The Lonely Planet Story is an unusual mix of autobiography（自傳），business history and travel book.是一個自傳，商業(yè)書和旅行書的混合體，故選B。

【6】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：下列哪一項(xiàng)是錯誤的？A. The Wheelers almost had no money left after the journey，but they felt happy. 旅行結(jié)束后，惠勒夫婦幾乎沒有錢了，但他們感到很高興；根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Although at the end of the trip, they almost had no money left, they were very happy.可知，A項(xiàng)正確。B. If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you'd better to read Across Asia on the Cheap. 如果你想便宜而快樂地旅行，你最好閱讀《窮游亞洲》。根據(jù)If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you should read its books，你應(yīng)該閱讀它的書，而《窮游亞洲》剛好是Lonely Planet發(fā)行的書，故B項(xiàng)正確。C. Maureen met Tony Wheeler in Belfast，Northern Ireland at the age of 20. 莫林20歲時在北愛爾蘭貝爾法斯特遇到了托尼·惠勒。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容At age 20 she moved to London，where she met Tony Wheeler and got married with him.可知，莫林在倫敦遇見惠勒，而不是貝爾法斯特，故C項(xiàng)錯誤。D. The travel guide was so popular that they had sold about 1，500 copies in a week.這本旅游指南非常受歡迎，一周內(nèi)已售出約1500本。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Within a week they had sold about 1. 500 copies.可知，本句話正確。故選C。

注意第2小題，文章給的內(nèi)容是the wheelers，這里注意the加姓氏復(fù)數(shù)，表示“一家人”或“夫婦二人”，故答案選C。