Wherever travelers go, cameras are sure to follow. It’s great fun to take photos, and even more fun to show slides of the trip to friends and relatives when they come back home.
There’s Aunt Sarah, smiling in front of Buckingham Palace; Aunt Sarah, smiling under the Eiffel Tower; and Aunt Sarah, smiling in a Venetian Canal. Everyone knows what Aunt Sarah looks like; they also know what Europe’s great landmarks (显著地面景观) look like.
But a young man named David, just back from a trip to Greece, asked a few friends over to see his slides. The young man had an artist’s eye. His pictures were not of familiar Greek architectures. Instead he took pictures of farmers at work in the field, fishermen repairing their nets, and bearded priests (牧师) bending over their Bibles. He captured (抓住) the color and character of the country. His friends were so interested that they asked for more.
Any amateur (外行) can do the same. All he needs is a simple camera and a little sensitivity. When he learns that a nation lives in its people as well as in its landmarks, he moves from an amateur to an artist.

1. 1.

   What does the underlined word “slide” mean?

   1. A.
      故事
   2. B.
      幻灯片
   3. C.
      风景
   4. D.
      路线
2. 2.

   People who watch Aunt Sarah’s slides would be _______.

   1. A.
      frightened
   2. B.
      excited
   3. C.
      bored
   4. D.
      sad
3. 3.

   David’s pictures were about _______.

   1. A.
      landmarks
   2. B.
      architectures
   3. C.
      people
   4. D.
      history
4. 4.

   David is _______.

   1. A.
      foolish
   2. B.
      the same as Aunt Sarah
   3. C.
      strange
   4. D.
      original (有创意的)
5. 5.

   A traveler can become an artist if he _______.

   1. A.
      takes a camera with him
   2. B.
      knows the history of a place
   3. C.
      is interested in not only the landmarks but also the people of a place
   4. D.
      learns how to draw and paint pictures of a place

I’m taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are   1 going along. My brother is   2  to go with us for vacation. Because he   3  went to other countries, he is even more   4  than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards   5  Europe.
We’re   6  next Friday. We’re going to New York by train,   7  taking a ship to Europe. When we   8  in Europe, we are going to   9  countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10  a week there. Then we are flying home.

Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life，Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.

In the early 1970s，Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs， Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London，through Asia，to Australia. On the trip，they visited places like India， Iran， and Afghanistan.

When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia，people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions，Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap . The book told people about different countries' weather，customs(风俗），and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s，Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular．

Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today，400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks. Wheeler still writes about travel “hot spots” (for example，Cambodia in Asia and Croatia in Europe). For more information，read the books!

1.Which trip was Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook about?

A.The United Kingdom.

B.From Asia to England.

C.From Australia to Afghanistan.

D.From England to Australia.

2.Why did Tony Wheeler write his first guidebook?

A.He needed the money.

B.His wife asked him to do it.

C.Many people asked questions about his travels.

D.He liked writing books.

3.How was Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel guides?

A.It talked about places most tourists did not go .

B. It was longer and more expensive.

C.It told people about a country’s weather，customs，and places to see.

D . It was the first guidebook about Asia .

4.Which sentence below is true?

A.Tony Wheeler still travels and writes guidebooks.

B.Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook was not popular.

C.After their first trip，Maureen did not travel with Tony .

D.Today，Lonely Planet is still a small company.

I’m taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are  1 going along. My brother is  2 to go with us for vacation. Because he  3  went to other countries, he is even more  4 than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards  5 Europe.

We’re  6 next Friday. We’re going to New York by train,  7 taking a ship to Europe. When we  8 in Europe, we are going to  9 countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10 a week there. Then we are flying home.