Question

四川06高考英语一道阅读题细节理解

Passage 3

　　(2006 四川 C)
　　Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career (职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.
　　The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships (游船). At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.
　　Estrella is responsible (负责的) for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work—you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.
　
　　1. What do we know about Estrella?
　　A. He is very fond of traveling. B. He doesn’t drink wine now.
　　C. He cannot speak a foreign language. D. He used to be a housekeeping manager.
　为什么不选D 我知道A是对的但是D也没有错额

Answer 1

D. He used to be a housekeeping manager.英语中used to be相当于汉语的“以前是现在不是了”注意，现在不是这个意思包含在里边，不是加进去的。比如： I was a teacher.我当过老师。现在肯定不是。
原文Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager，has been 表达截止到现在已经...for 18 months。现在是，且将来还可能是。
明白了？

Answer 2

D说的是曾经是，现在不是了，但实际上那人现在还是housekeeping manager啊