真题练习

044. 听下面材料，回答第(1) (2) (3) 题。
(1) What is Steinbeck's book Travels with Charley about?
A. People with problem.
B. Travels around the world.
C. Travels in America.

(2) Which of the following shows the right order of the places Steinbeck and Charley traveled to?
A. Maine--Midwest--California--Texas.
B. Midwest--Maine--Texas--California.
C. New York--California--Maine--Texas.

(3) What does the passage tell us about Steinbeck?
A. He spent three months writing Travels with Charley.
B. He enjoyed his travels around the United States.
C. He traveled wih another writer called Charley.

原文+答案解析

044.
John Steinbeck is one of America's greatest writers. Many of his novels and short stories are about people with troubles and problems. Travels with Charley is different. It's a book about traveling around the United States. John Steinbeck and Charley traveled together from New York to Maine and then to the Midwest. From the Midwest, they went west to California. On their way back east, they visited Texas. Finally, John and Charley traveled through the South, and back up to north to New York.
John Steinbeck's journey took three months to complete. When he got home, he wrote about what he saw and heard when he crossed the country. He decided that Americans were wonderful people, and that the United States was full of peaceful towns, great cities, huge mountains, and beautiful parks. Charley seemed to enjoy the trip, although he didn't say or write anything. You might wonder why Charley had no ideas about America. The reason is, he was John Steinbeck's dog, a big black dog.

答案解析：
(1) 正确答案为C。根据 It's a book about traveling around the United States. 这是一本有关游览美国的书。可知，这本书是有关在美国旅行的，因此C项正确。
(2) 正确答案为A。根据from New York to Maine and then to the Midwest. From the Midwest, they went west to California. On their way back east, they visited Texas. 从纽约到缅因州，之后去了中西部。他们从中西部又前往了加州，然后在返回东部的途中，他们游览了得克萨斯州。因此可知，正确的顺序是缅因州——中西部——加州——得克萨斯州，因此A项正确。
(3) 正确答案为B。根据 Charley seemed to enjoy the trip 查利很享受这趟旅行。因此B项正确。