题文
Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis Cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ’You are completely crazy,’" Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
小题1:The turning point in Saunders’ life came when ________.A．he started to play ball gamesB．he got a mountain bike at age 15C．he ran his first marathon at age 18D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training小题2:We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.A．dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasyB．built up his body together with SaundersC．hired Saunders for his cold-water experienceD．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic小题3:What do we know about Saunders?A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.小题4:The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.A．ExcitedB．ConvincedC．DelightedD．Fascinated小题5:It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ________.A．was accompanied by his old playmatesB．set a record in the North Pole expeditionC．was supported by other Arctic explorersD．made him well-known in the 1960s
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
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解析
小题1:细节题.根据It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him.可知选B.
小题2:根据John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean.可知选D.
小题3:细节题.根据Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland可知选A.
小题4:结合下文他尽其所能的阅读了北极探险家和北极探险的著作,可知他被深深吸引,故选D.
小题5:根据Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton.可知选B.他在北极探险上创新了一项记录.
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