When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.
My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.
Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010,and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. At first,I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.
Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.
小题1:After the author quit her job, she decided to ______.
A.divorce her husband
B.be a wedding photographer
C.pay off all her debt
D.go travelling abroad小题2: What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?
A.She paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.
B.She realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer.
C.She got a job as an editor in a publishing house.
D.She finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.小题3:The author believed her success mainly resulted from ______.
A.her personal reasons
B.her photographing skills
C.free marketing for blogging
D.booming of travel industry小题4: What did the author think of her two years' work?
A.Inspiring.
B.Appealing.
C.Interesting.
D.Challenging.
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
作者在本文中讲述了自己本来想做一名旅游摄影师,但是无心插柳柳成荫成为了一名职业的博主。
小题1:D
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第一段2,3行. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, I thought, it would be easy.可知当我辞职以后我决定离开美国出去旅行,同时拍摄照片。故D正确。
小题2:D
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后3行When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to help get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger可知编辑故事我我已经不能再从事旅行摄影师的工作了 ,但是我一路上所拍摄的照片被我发到微博上以后,在无意中我成为了专业的博客。故D正确。
小题3:C
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句At first,I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.可知C项free marketing for blogging符合上下文。
小题4:A
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后3行Even more meaningful, however, was when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere可知虽然我的工作很有意义,但是让我更开心的是我的经历告诉他人只要努力追赶自己的梦想,一切都可以实现。说明作者认为自己的工作是可以鼓舞他人的。故A正确。
【长难句解析】
When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused.
【翻译】当我决定辞去作为婚礼摄影师的工作的时候,我才20大几,刚刚和Bob离婚,他让我感觉很空虚和困惑。
【分析】本句中有一个定语从句who had left me empty and confused修饰先行词Bob,注意句中的时态,过去完成时表示该动作是在谓语动词之前就发生的。另外注意in one’s twenties表示在某人二十几岁的时候。