When I decided to quit my job as a wedding

题目内容：

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.

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:D

小题3:C

小题4:A

答案解析：

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。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。