Brian arrived at the San Francisco 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. Brian 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,” Brian 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 Brian a criminal（犯罪）? Not at all. He is an air courier. And he paid only $110 for 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, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent 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!
小題1:Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?
A．Because they were the uniform 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.
小題2:An air courier is a person who        
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
小題3:Businesses choose the air-courier service because      
A．it costs lessB．it is flexibleC．it saves timeD．it grows fast
小題4:One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he
A．cannot decide when and where to travel
B．cannot take any luggage with him
C．has to wear two pairs of jeans
D．saves little money from the travel
小題5:The author of the text mainly
A．describes the activities of a law-breaker
B．suggests an ideal way to travel
C．a(chǎn)rgues against the air-courier travel
D．tells us about a developing business

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

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。
小題1:推理判斷題。由第一自然段中的He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full.一句可知本題選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。由第六自然段中的Air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries.一句可知本題選D。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二自然段的最后一句可知本題選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句可以推斷出本題選A。
小題5: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。
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