Question

An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore(海岸) for the first time in nearly nine months, announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop.

David Dicks, 18, left Perth on the 10-metre sailing boat On February 26^th, 1996. He returned with a warm hero’s welcome, cheered by thousands on the shore and greeted by about 200 other boats.

At the age of 17 when he started out, the teenager’s voyage（航海） gave him his first look ever at snow when he rounded Cape Horn.

Strong winds in the Pacific broke his mast in May, but he kept going until he could borrow a tool from the British Royal Navy to fix it.

“David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five, inspired by a family friend who did it three times,” his mother Patricia Dicks said.

“Once he started making plans to do it, I never doubted that he would,” she said.

In September, 20-year-old Brain “BJ” Caldwell Jr. landed a 26 sloop（单桅帆船） in Hawaii and asked for the title of the youngest sailor circling the world. His asking was admitted by the World Sailing Commission.

Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham, who set out in 1965 at the age of 16.

Graham took five years to complete the trip, stopping off along the way to get married. But David asked for the nonstop voyages.

53. David Dicks is the ______.

A. faster solo sailor circling the globe.

B. faster sailor circling the globe nonstop

C. youngest solo sailor circling the earth.

D. youngest solo sailor circling the earth nonstop.

54. Robert Lee Graham_________.

 A. was accepted by the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest solo sailor

B. was accepted as the youngest but greatest sailor.

C. first thought about sailing when he was five years old.

D. traveled around the world faster than Brian “BJ” Caldwell Jr.

55. We may infer from the text that __________.

A. David took the place of Robert in the Guinness Book of Records

B. David had never left his hometown before the trip

C. David is a determined person

D. His mother herself took three sailing trips.

Answer 1

 53. D

54. A    55.C