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W: Discoveries is looking for a reporter to travel all over the world and write adventure articles.
M: Oh, it's a good job, I think.
W: So you are interested in working for Discoveries?
M: That's right. write adventure articles, but I'm sure I could. I've written lots of articles for a newspaper.
W: Oh? What newspaper have you written for?
M: Well, so far I've sold articles to the chicago Star and a few other newspaper.
W: Have you ever written an adventure article?
M: No, but I have done some adventurous things to get information for my newspaper articles.
W: Tell me about one of them.
M: Well, I wanted to report on prisons, so I went to a store and stole something. Of course the police came, and I spent ten days in prison. It was horrible. When I got out, I wrote two articles about my experience there. When the police read the articles, they got upset and complained. Since then the prisons have really improved.
W: That certainly is interesting.

答案解析：
(1) 正确答案为B。根据Discoveries is looking for a reporter to travel all over the world and write adventure articles. 《Discoveries》想聘用一名记者，去全世界旅行并写冒险类的文章；以及男子说write adventure articles我从来没未杂志写过文章，可知，Discoveries是本杂志，因此B项正确。
(2) 正确答案为A。根据I wanted to report on prisons, so I went to a store and stole something.我想写有关监狱的文章，所以我去一家商店里偷了些东西。可知，男子在监狱中被关了10天是因为他被抓到偷东西，因此A项正确。
(3) 正确答案为C。根据Since then the prisons have really improved. 自那以后，监狱的条件的确改善了。可推知，监狱的条件改善了，因此在押者受到了更好的对待，因此C项。