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　　When you're lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(壓力)of the world seem a million miles away．Hey．stop!This is no vacation-yon have to finish something!

　　Here lies the problem fat travel writer and food critic(評(píng)論家)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 three books．The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexico's Beach Resorts．

　　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(當(dāng)?shù)氐?museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone's vacation．

(1)

Which country does Jarolim have in now?

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A．

Mexico．

B．

The U．S．

C．

The U．K

D．

Canada

(2)

What is most difficult for Jarolim?

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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．

(3)

What do we know about Jarolim from the text?

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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．

(4)

What would he the best title for the text7

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A．

Adventures in Travel Writing

B．

Working as a Food Critic

C．

Travel Guides on the Market

D．

Vacationing for a Living

答案：1．B;2．B;3．A;4．D;
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How Long Can People Live?

　　She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday．

　　Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(壽命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?

　　Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．

　　Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live much longer than we think,”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120．So why can’t we go higher?”

　　The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”

　　Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most．So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”

　　So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有彈性的)，but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says．“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years．”

　　“Of course, if you became a new species(物種)，one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds．

　　Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(進(jìn)化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile．

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

[　　]

A．

People can live to 122．

B．

Old people are creative．

C．

Women are sporty at 85．

D．

Women live longer than men．

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________．

[　　]

A．

the average human life span could be 110

B．

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C．

few people can expect to live to over 150

D．

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

[　　]

A．

Jerry Shay．

B．

Steve Austad

C．

Rich Miller

D．

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

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A．

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120．

B．

The average human life span cannot be doubled．

C．

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before．

D．

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species．

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