阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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What will you be in the future? Do you learn there are many strange jobs in the world? Our magazine has a column designed for some strange jobs. The following is picked from the column.
Professional sleeper
A hotel in Finland hired a member of staff as a professional sleeper to test the comfort of their beds. The individual sleeps in a different one of the hotel beds each night and write a review about her satisfaction with each one.
Train pusher
If you think the London Underground is bad, you should see the trains in Japan. “Oshiyas” are hired to help push as many people onto a train as possible by pushing them from the outside until the doors close.
Dog food taster
The dog food taster’s job is to taste new dog food products, including bones, tinned meat and biscuits. They do this to test for flavor and texture (口味) in comparison to rival (竞争对手) dog food brands and human food. The profession is popular in America and Europe.
Scuba diving pizza delivery man
If the fact there is an underwater hotel in Florida isn’t strange enough, to add on to that, they have a scuba diving pizza delivery man who supplies customers with pizzas by carrying them through the sea in a case.
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1. Which of the following people work for hotels?
A. A train pusher and a professional sleeper.
B. A train pusher and a scuba diving pizza delivery man.
C. A dog food taster and a scuba diving pizza delivery man.
D. A professional sleeper and a scuba diving pizza delivery man.
2. What can a train pusher help?
A Find comfortable seats for train passengers.
B. Supply customers with tasty food on a train.
C. Push a train with engine problems forward.
D. Load a train with as many passengers as possible.
3. Where can we read the strange jobs?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a magazine. C. In a TV show. D. In the post office.
【答案】1. D 2. D 3. B
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章通过杂志上的一个栏目——关于奇怪的工作的介绍，从而吸引读者订阅杂志。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“The individual sleeps in a different one of the hotel beds each night and write a review about her satisfaction with each one.(此人每晚睡在不同的酒店床上，并就她对每一张床的满意程度写一篇评论)”以及倒数第二段“If the fact there is an underwater hotel in Florida isn’t strange enough, to add on to that, they have a scuba diving pizza delivery man who supplies customers with pizzas by carrying them through the sea in a case.(如果佛罗里达州有一家水下酒店还不够奇怪的话，更奇怪的是，他们有一个潜水送披萨的人，他把披萨装在箱子里，穿过海洋运送给顾客)”可知，一个职业睡眠员和一个潜水送披萨的人在酒店工作。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中““Oshiyas” are hired to help push as many people onto a train as possible by pushing them from the outside until the doors close.(“推车手”被雇来帮忙把尽可能多的人推上火车，他们从外面把人推到车门关上为止)”可知，列车推手能让尽可能多的乘客乘坐火车。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Our magazine has a column designed for some strange jobs.(我们
杂志为一些奇怪的工作专门设计了一个专栏)”可知，我们可以在杂志上看到这些奇怪的工作。故选B。
