4．Tom arrived at the New York airport two hours before the flight to Paris．He was wearing three shirts，a jacket，two pairs of socks，a pair of shorts，and two pairs of jeans．He was carrying one small backpack，which was very full，but he didn't have any other luggage．Tom needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight．He found Tony near the Air France counter．Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package．
"Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris．He will have a sign with your name on it．I think you can find him easily，"Tony said，"You don't have any luggage，right？"
"Only this backpack，"Tom answered．"You said I could bring one carry-on bag．"
"That's right．One carry-on bag is fine．Have a good trip．"
"Thanks．"
Is Tom a criminal （罪犯）？Not at all．He is an air-courier （空中信使）．And he paid only﹩110for the round-trip ticket to Paris．Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries．Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day．Often，the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company．It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier，but it is quick．
Every year about 80，000people worldwide travel as air couriers．The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10percent a year．However，air-courier travel isn't for everyone．But if you have very little money，can be flexible （靈活的） about your travel plans，and don't mind wearing the same clothes for a week，it can be a great way to take a vacation!

68．Why was Tom wearing so many clothes for his travel？C
A．Because they were the uniforms for air couriers．
B．Because that made him easier to be recognized．
C．Because his backpack had no room for his clothes．
D．Because he did not have any luggage with him
69．An air courier is a person whoD．
A．manages a business company in foreign countries
B．organizes international flights for tourists
C．travels around the world with cheap tickets
D．delivers papers and packages to foreign countries．
70．One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that heA．
A．cannot decide when and where to travel
B．cannot take any luggage with him
C．has to wear two pairs of shoes
D．saves little money from the travel
71．The author of the text mainlyD．
A．describes the activities of a law-breaker
B．suggests an ideal way to everyone for traveling
C．a(chǎn)rgues against the air-courier travel
D．tells us about a developing business．

分析 文章大意是說明一個新型的職業(yè)--航空投送員．航空投送員可以享受相當(dāng)便宜機票優(yōu)惠，因為他們的主要職責(zé)是及時的給跨國公司投送重要的包裹或文件．

解答 68-71 CDAD
68  答案 C   推理判斷題．由第一自然段中的He was carrying one small backpack，which was very full．一句可知他的背包已經(jīng)很滿了，故選C．
69．答案 D   細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由倒數(shù)第二自然段中的Air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries．一句可知航空投送員是及時的給跨國公司投送重要的包裹或文件的人員，故選D．
70．答案 A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)文章最后一句But if you have very little money，can be flexible （靈活的） about your travel plans，and don't mind wearing the same clothes for a week，it can be a great way to take a vacation!可知，自己沒有固定的旅行線路才可以接受這樣的工作，故答案為A
71．答案 D 主旨大意題．本文大意是介紹一個新型的職業(yè)--航空投送員，故本題選D．

點評 首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀文章后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．

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