Question

When people hear that I’m the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, they all have the same question: How did a 22-year old woman row a 19-foot boat for 70 days through high winds and crashing waves? Well, the biggest difficulty for me wasn’t physical. By the time I decided to do the ocean row, I had already biked 3,300 miles cross-country, run across the Mojave Desert, and swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River. No, the tough part would be mental: How would I handle the loneliness, the boredom of the vast sea?

I set off on January 3, 2010. I set my sights on getting past the quarter-way mark, which would take about 20 days.

Day 20, January 22, was gray and cloudy. I could have done something to celebrate, such as treating myself to a chocolate bar. But I didn’t.

I was suffering from terrible loneliness. I hadn’t seen landing over two weeks. Every day was beginning to feel the same. Eating, rowing, sleeping, watch the sky, watch the ocean.

Then, around sunset, I saw something move on the horizon. They were dolphins! They circled my boat. Suddenly I felt so grateful. They had come to help me celebrate, just when I needed them. I rowed at full strength for the next 20 minutes with the dolphins around. By the time we went our separate ways, I was no longer lonely. Better yet, I knew I would be okay.

I did make it, all 2,817 miles. I hit the coast of Guyana, South America, on March 14, after 70 days and five hours at sea. My ocean row raised $70,000 for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, which funds drinking water programs around the world. I know some athletes spend the entire journey imagining the end, and that helps them get through. But for me, the secret is to focus on the moment, where you experience the personal growth — those moments of awareness of being connected to the sun, the weather, and the waves. And, on the best day of my life, those dolphins, which freed myself from terrible loneliness.

1.Which is the step taken as part of preparation for the tough row?

A．swimming the 325-mile length of the river

B．answering the same question raised by people

C．running 3,300 miles cross-country

D．biking across the Mojave Desert

2.What does the underlined part mean?

A．I didn’t have any chocolate bar for energy.

B．I wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my first goal.

C．It’s a pity not to celebrate my passing the quarter of the way

D．It’s a pity not to treat myself to a chocolate bar on Day 20.

3.What can be implied from the last two paragraphs?

A．Imagination was an effective way to help me get through.

B．The Blue Planet Run Foundation helped me a lot.

C．The dolphins accompanied me to reach my destination

D．The unexpected dolphins swept away my loneliness

4.Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．The day I stopped being lonely

B．The only challenge for a 22-year old

C．How to overcome loneliness at sea.

D．How to row alone across the Atlantic

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者是最年轻的单独一个人花费了近70天的时间划船穿越了大西洋的人。在此期间，作者最大的困难并非身体方面的原因，而是孤独。然而，一群海豚将作者的孤独与寂寞一扫而空，最终成功的到达了目的地。

1.细节题。从第一段swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River.可知作者为准备此次渡海，游过了325英里的河流，故选A

2.推断题。从第三自然段I was suffering from terrible loneliness. 可知，作者之所以没有庆祝的原因是，自己太孤独寂寞了根本没有心情庆祝，故选B

3.推断题。最后两段作者讲述了自己如何消除了寂寞，最终完成了此次旅程。别的运动员可能是想象着终点来支撑自己取得成功，而作者是集中于某一刻，正是那些不期而遇的海豚帮助了作者扫除了寂寞，最终得以成功。故选D

4.主旨题。文章重在写自己战胜孤独的经历来引出集中于某一刻，那一刻你会得以成长。文章意在说明自己与海豚的经历来揭示我不在孤独，进而到达了终点，所以标题应包括孤独二字，而并非如何在海上克服孤独，这个太浅显，文章并没有教我们如何来在海上战胜孤独，而是结合自己的经历，给文章予以升华。故选A

考点：人物传记类记叙文

点评：此类文体首先对自己的经历进行阐述，结合自己的情况，提出自己的观点。对于此类文章的作答，需要把握好作者实质要表达的感情色彩，理解作者的深层次的中心思想。将这一思想始终把握在答题的过程中，以此为出发点。结合问题中所给的信息同时利用排除法即可作答。