Question

Have you heard of Lonely Planet？It is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.

For about 40 years，Lonely Planet's travel books have offered great advice and tips for backpackers and other low—cost travelers around the world. If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you should read its books，or visit their website and get ideas from the forums（論壇）

Lonely Planet was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler. Maureen was born in Belfast，Northern Ireland. At age 20 she moved to London，where she met Tony Wheeler and got married with him. Just days after graduating in 1972，Tony and his wife Maureen drove from London to Afghanistan and eventually arrived in Sydney, Australia. Although at the end of the trip, they almost had no money left, they were very happy. Later in the year, people they met asked them continually—How did you travel? What did you see? What did it cost? These made them to turn their diaries into the first Lonely Planet book.

They spent a long time writing their first travel guide，Across Asia on the Cheap，in their home in Australia. Within a week they had sold about 1. 500 copies. The Lonely Planet Story is an unusual mix of autobiography（自傳），business history and travel book. The book was soon became the backpackers' bible. Then the Wheelers set up a publishing company called" Lonely Planet Publications." They have produced travel guides to just about every corner of the globe. In 2009，the company changed its name to "Lonely Planet".

Now. Lonely Planet has become the world's most successful travel publisher. It has offices around the world.

1.Backpackers can get ___________from Lonely Planet's travel books.

A.advice B.money C.books D.website

2.___________set up the publishing company “Lonely Planet Publications”.

A.Tony Wheeler B.Some backpackers

C.Tony Wheeler and his wife D.Some low—cost travelers

3.The Wheelers travelled ___________just days after graduating in 1972.

A.from London to Afghanistan B.from London to Sydney

C.from Afghanistan to London D.from Sydney to London

4.The underlined word “These” in the passage probably refers to___________.

A.people they met B.the problems people met

C.the days they travelled D.the fact people asked them questions

5.The Lonely Planet Story is a kind of autobiography as well as___________.

A.science fiction B.business history C.detective stories D.film guide

6.Which of the following statement is NOT true？

A.The Wheelers almost had no money left after the journey，but they felt happy.

B.If you want to travel cheaply and happily，you'd better to read Across Asia on the Cheap.

C.Maureen met Tony Wheeler in Belfast，Northern Ireland at the age of 20.

D.The travel guide was so popular that they had sold about 1，500 copies in a week.

Answer 1