At the beginning of the year,I had all these plans to travel to different states? such as Florida,Georgia and California. Going to South Africa was definitely not in my plans. However,the stars seemed to align (排成直線) to make this trip possible. I had a friend who was returning there. Before she went back, she told me a lot of amazing things about that country and then I decided that I had to go there.

  However,since I hadn't planned to go to South Africa at frist, I didn't have money saved up ready to buy the ticket. You can imagine how much a round-trip ticket to South Africa costs. Luckily,while Iwas try?ing to figure out how I was going to pay for this plane ticket? I got an e-mail out of the blue from a gentleman from Denmark who was ready to give me money. It sounded hard to believe,but yes. This guy wanted to give me money to buy one of my domain names(域名) . The timing couldn't be more perfect. After a few e-mails back and forth, I received the money.

  I have to tell you that I did not have a job at the time. Things might not have gone so smoothly if I did. I wasn't tied down to a 9-to-5 life,so I could travel at any time. I didn't have to check how many sick days I had left or how to get my vacation approved by a man?ager. The keyword is flexibility(靈活性) .Having freedom to do what you want is one of the great advan?tages of having your own online business.

  The plane ticket cost over $ 2 ， 000. I sold a do?main name for a few thousand dollars which just cov?ered the cost of my trip. The entire process was quick?ly and conveniently done through e-mails.

1.After hearing his friend speak of South Africa,the writer .

   A.decided to save up money

   B.became interested in the country

   C.no longer wanted to travel in the US

   D.decided to go to the country with her

2.What does the underlined part "out of the blue" in Paragraph 2 mean?

    A. Sincerely.   B. Colourfully.

   C. Personally.   D. Unexpectedly.

3. What did the gentleman most probably tell the writer in his first e-mail?

   A.He could help him get a flight ticket.

   B.He would help him go to South Africa.

   C.He wanted to buy a domain name of his.

   D.He would give him a sum of money for nothing.

4. We know from Paragraph 3 that the writer_________

   A.once had a very boring job

   B.lives an extremely hard life

   C.has his own online business

   D.doesn't have much time to travel

5. What is the passage mainly about?

   A.What kind of life the writer wants to live.

   B.Whether it is good for people to live a 9-to-5 life.

   C.Why the writer wanted to take a trip to South Africa.

   D.How the writer got the money for a trip to South Africa.

作者沒有正式工作，他在網(wǎng)上經(jīng)營著自己的生意，他后來賣了一個域名，獲得了去南非旅游的資金。

1. B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的"…I decided that I had to go there."可知聽了那個朋友的話，作者決定去南非旅游，這說明朋友的描述讓他對南非很感興趣。

2.D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)語境可知作者沒有料到有人會恰好在這個時候這么做，所以很"出人意料"。

3.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的"This guy wanted to give me money to buy one of my domain names(域名) .”可知那人在郵件中說想買作者的一個域名。

4.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的"I have to tell you that I did not have a job at the time."以及"Having freedom to do what you want is one of the great advantages of having your own online business."可知作者靠在網(wǎng)上做生意賺錢過日子。

5.D主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，可知作者主要向我們講述了他是怎樣獲得了一筆錢去南非旅游的。

題目來源：2015年全品作業(yè)本高中英語必修5外研版 > 單元檢測（三）

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