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Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career(职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.
The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.
Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.
Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.
But there is a downside. “You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”
Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.
1. Which of the following is true?
A. He has been a housekeeping manager for 18 months.
B. He doesn’t drink wine now.
C. He cannot speak a foreign language.
D. He used to be a housekeeping manager.
2. The underlined word“downside”in paragraph 5 probably means ________ .
A. disappointment B. disadvantage
C. failure D. loss
3. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is ________.
A. not a tiring journey at all B. just an interesting voyage
C. far from a voyage for pleasure D. more than a pleasant travel by sea
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Juanito Estrella因为喜欢旅行，不安于稳定的生活，通过一次机会成为了船员，在船上做了18个月的客房经理后，觉着找到了适合自己的职业。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career.”(Juanito Estrella在美国大型客轮嘉年华精神号上做了18个月的客房部经理，觉得自己找到了适合自己的职业。)可知，他已经做了18个月的客房部经理，故选A项。
【2题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第四段“Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.”(Estrella 喜欢忙碌，喜欢结识来自世界各地的人。与来自 94 个国家的1000 名船员在一起，Estrella 学会了西班牙语和一点克罗地亚语。)以及第五段“You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says.” (“你不能真正喝醉......因为你对自己和他人有安全责任，”他说。)可知，上文讲述的是在船上工作好的一面，第五段讲述的是不好的一面，故B项disadvantage“不利条件”符合题意，故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句话“Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week.”(船上
生活除了航行还是航行，Estrella和他的同事每周7天，每天至少10个小时都是在工作。)可知，作者不喜欢船上的生活，认为很单调。C项“far from a voyage for pleasure”意为“远远不是一个愉快的旅行”符合题意，故选C项。
