8.Lonely Planet Publications is the largest guidebook publisher in the world.With over 650titles sold in 118countries,it annually sells six million copies,giving guidance to travelers in locations worldwide.
Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen Wheeler were the founders of Lonely Planet Publications and its first writers.They put together Lonely Planet's first publication-Across Asia on the Cheap.Originally from Australia,the couple had decided to travel from Europe back home to Australia overland-going through the countries of Iran,
Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,Nepal,and South-East Asia,to eventually reach Australia.Tourist facilitres were limited in these countries,so if travelers wanted to go there,they had to eat and sleep locally.Many of these travelers were young and adventurous,but they didn't have much money,so going local was the only way that they could afford to travel across Asia.Frustrated that there was no guidebook to give budget travelers information on accommodations,food,and transport in these regions,the Wheelers decided to write a guidebook themselves.Full of humor and strong opinions,the book became famous among backpackers-budget travelers-as the chief travel guide for Asia.It made enough money for the Wheelers to travel more and finance their second book about traveling in Southeast Asia on a Shoestring.
This second book became even more popular and acquired readership outside of Australia in North America,Europe,and New Zealand.Sales developed so well that the Wheelers were able to open up a publishing house in Australia,and eventually opened up offices in the United States and Europe.Because the guidebooks were based off contributing writer's experiences,material was fresh and up to date.As more and more books were written,the series finally came to cover every country in the world.
32.What is the passage mainly about?A
A.How the Lonely Planet Publications developed.
B.How to have a trip in an economical way.
C.The Wheelers liked traveling around the world.
D.The Wheelers wrote two books about traveling.
33.The Wheelers wrote Across Asia on the Cheap becauseC.
A.they thought they could make a lot of money
B.the Australian government asked them to
C.there was no guidebook like it on the market
D.it was their job while they were traveling
34.In the third paragraph,"budget travelers"refers to those travelers whoB
A.decide to travel around the world
B.don't have so much money
C.write books during their trips
D.help other travelers as volunteers
35.It can be concluded that the WheelersB.
A.have only written two books about cheap traveling
B.a(chǎn)dvocated the idea of traveling more with less money
C.eventually made their company from bad to worse
D.support other travelers to start a publishing house.

分析 本文主要講述了 TheWheelers為游客寫作旅行指南,該書籍受到廣大旅行者的強(qiáng)烈的喜愛,最后在事業(yè)上有了更大的發(fā)展.

解答 32.A 主旨推斷題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,主要講述了TheWheelers為游客寫作旅行指南以及到了最后有了出版社的開辦,聯(lián)系文章前后段落再結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故答案為A.
33.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容Frustrated that there was no guidebook to give budget travelers information on accommodations,food,and transport in these regions,the Wheelers decided to write a guidebook themselves,由于沒有旅行指南書去指導(dǎo)游客在住宿和預(yù)算方面給予指導(dǎo),the Wheelers 才覺定寫一本指導(dǎo)書,故答案為C.
34.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容,budget 該單詞是財(cái)政預(yù)算的意思,那么對被稱為budget travelers就是在旅行方面有預(yù)算必要的人,即錢不是很充裕的那種人,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),答案為B.
35.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容作者鑒于沒有旅行指南的指導(dǎo)而有人寫作旅行指南,意為倡導(dǎo)游客用更少的錢來進(jìn)行旅行,故答案為B.

點(diǎn)評 本文是人文地理類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).

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