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(風(fēng)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!
小題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.
小題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.
小題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 .
小題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.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

【主旨大意】文章寫了托尼和莫琳從倫敦通過亞洲的旅行。
他們來到澳大利亞，人們被問及他們的旅行的許多問題。為了回答這些問題，托尼寫了旅游指南。這本書告訴人們關(guān)于不同國家的天氣，風(fēng)俗，去看的地方。以及他們創(chuàng)辦的孤獨(dú)星球公司。
小題1:根據(jù)“They took a year-long trip from London，through Asia，to Australia.”可知。
小題2:根據(jù)“people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions，Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap .”可知。
小題3:根據(jù)“The book told people about different countries' weather，customs(風(fēng)俗），and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s，Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go.可知。
小題4:由“The book was very popular．”可知，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；由“They continued travelling.”可知C錯(cuò)誤；由“Today，400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks.”知D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；A項(xiàng)符合文章內(nèi)容，是正確的。
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