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288. 听下面材料，回答第(1) (2) (3)题。
(1) What do you think Discoveries is?
A. It is the name of a book.
B. It is the name of a magazine.
C. It is the name of a newspaper.

(2) Why did the man spend ten days in prison?
A. He was caught stealing.
B. He reported on prisons.
C. He wrote adventure reports.

(3) What's the effect of his articles?
A. People got excited and angry.
B. He learned a good lesson.
C. Prisoners are now better treated.

原文+答案解析

288.
W: Discoveries is looking for a reporter to travel all over the world and write adventure articles.
M: Oh, it's a good job, I think.
W: So you are interested in working for Discoveries?
M: That's right. write adventure articles, but I'm sure I could. I've written lots of articles for a newspaper.
W: Oh? What newspaper have you written for?
M: Well, so far I've sold articles to the chicago Star and a few other newspaper.
W: Have you ever written an adventure article?
M: No, but I have done some adventurous things to get information for my newspaper articles.
W: Tell me about one of them.
M: Well, I wanted to report on prisons, so I went to a store and stole something. Of course the police came, and I spent ten days in prison. It was horrible. When I got out, I wrote two articles about my experience there. When the police read the articles, they got upset and complained. Since then the prisons have really improved.
W: That certainly is interesting.

答案解析：
(1) 正确答案为B。根据Discoveries is looking for a reporter to travel all over the world and write adventure articles. 《Discoveries》想聘用一名记者，去全世界旅行并写冒险类的文章；以及男子说write adventure articles我从来没未杂志写过文章，可知，Discoveries是本杂志，因此B项正确。
(2) 正确答案为A。根据I wanted to report on prisons, so I went to a store and stole something.我想写有关监狱的文章，所以我去一家商店里偷了些东西。可知，男子在监狱中被关了10天是因为他被抓到偷东西，因此A项正确。
(3) 正确答案为C。根据Since then the prisons have really improved. 自那以后，监狱的条件的确改善了。可推知，监狱的条件改善了，因此在押者受到了更好的对待，因此C项。