Professional adventurer Mike Horn never met a challenge he didn’t welcome. In fact according to Horn, “The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible.”
As a child in Johannesburg, South Africa, Horn excelled at sports and loved adventure. But it wasn’t until he moved to Switzerland in 1990 that his life of adventure really began.
Horn had always loved sports and taking risks, and he was known for his crazy feats. He traveled in the South American Andes Mountains in the early 90s and then in 1997 crossed the entire continent on foot. He finished by floating 7,000 km down the Amazon River!
In 1999, H      orn began a solo trip around the world following the equator,without the use of any motor-powered transportation. When he finished successfully 17 months later, he became the first person to accomplish the feat.
Horn’biggest challenge to date came in 2006. He and a fellow adventurer walked from Russia to the North Pole in the sunless winter. Traveling through the winter darkness, he encountered polar bears and many other dangers.
In 2008, Horn began another unique adventure –one that will take four years to complete. Instead of trying to achieve more personal goals, Horn is now dedicated to sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
He calls his latest expedition the “Pangaea Expedition.”with “Pangaea” standing for “a Pan Global Adventure for Environmental Action.”By the end of this expedition, Horn will have traveled 100,000 km and crossed all of the continents and oceans. But this time he won’t be going alone: He’s choosing young people from around the world, aged 13 to 20, to accompany him. Twelve young men at a time will participate in one of 12 different projects, ranging from studying glaciers to treating water sources.
The journey will take place onboard Horn’s 35-meter saiboat , the Pangaea which will become a floating science class . Along with a team of scientists, Horn plans to teach the young explorers about protecting and preserving the earth.
In perhaps his most important expedition, Horn will pass down his passion for Earth’s wonders to the next generation.
64.Which of the following is NOT ture?
A. He met with polar bears and many dangers in 2006 when Horn walked to the North Pole with another adventurer.
B. He loved sports, Earth’s wonders and taking risks.
C. It took Horn 17 months to complete his solo trip around the world without any Motor-powered transportation.
D. He really began his life of adventure in te 1990s.
65. The underlined sentence probably means____________.
A. He was afraid of challengers                          B. He never met challengers
C.He didn’t welcome challengers                       D. He was willing to meet challengers
66. In his latest “Pangaea Expedition”, Horn__________.
A. will have covered 100,000km and crossed only all the continents
B. will choose young men to take part in the 12 different projects
C. will be going around the world by himself
D. intends to teach the young men how to make expeditions
67. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Mike Horn-an adventurer with a cause           B. The Pangaea Expedition
C. How Mike Horn makes expeditions.               D. How to make expeditions.

In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity.The most interesting example is that of a so – called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values.
In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad.They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate(文盲).Jack is such an example.He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult.From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from.“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said.
At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting – room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels.He was refused entry into several countries.But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport.His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am.I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview.For th is reason  he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity.”
As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious.In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names.In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender(性别) is hard to determine.It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to.
What will be the next crisis(危机) of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?
【小题1】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The importance of identity.
B.The crisis of identity.
C.Differences between Eastern and Western cultures.
D.Difficulty in living in foreign counties.
【小题2】The Swiss man had to live in De Gaulle Airport in France because      
A.he needed to board a plane at any time
B.he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C.he needed others acknowledgement
D.he couldn’t prove who he was
65.A “banana” in the passage is in fact an     
A.American traveling to Asia   B.American keeping Eastern culture
C.American born in Asia    D.America – born Asian
【小题3】We can infer from the passage that the author believes      
A.there will be more problems relating to identity in the future
B.Internet technology helps solve problems of identity
C.only people traveling abroad have problems of identity
D.people don’t need to worry about identity

In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity.The most interesting example is that of a so – called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values.

In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad.They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate(文盲).Jack is such an example.He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult.From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from.“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said.

At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting – room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels.He was refused entry into several countries.But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport.His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am.I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview.For th is reason  he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity.”

As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious.In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names.In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender(性别) is hard to determine.It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to.

What will be the next crisis(危机) of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A.The importance of identity.

   B.The crisis of identity.

   C.Differences between Eastern and Western cultures.

   D.Difficulty in living in foreign counties.

2.The Swiss man had to live in De Gaulle Airport in France because      

   A.he needed to board a plane at any time

   B.he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel

   C.he needed others acknowledgement

   D.he couldn’t prove who he was

65.A “banana” in the passage is in fact an     

   A.American traveling to Asia                                          B.American keeping Eastern culture

   C.American born in Asia                                               D.America – born Asian

3.We can infer from the passage that the author believes      

   A.there will be more problems relating to identity in the future

   B.Internet technology helps solve problems of identity

   C.only people traveling abroad have problems of identity

   D.people don’t need to worry about identity

 

 

    阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    A 25—year—old student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua,China’s most famous university.after an eight—year   1.Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of H ubei Province.He first   2going to college in the year 2000  3he was admitted by a 1ocal school after   4from a secondary technical school at age 17.A   5art student,he passed the exam again next year but   6school due to economic pressures in September 2002.Life seemed   7but Li didn’t give in.He earned a   8by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students.But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of    9the Academy of Arts&Design of Tsinghua University.Li  10the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003.   11,he missed making the cut one mark last year.

    In 2008,his fifth try,Li’s efforts    12.He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University.Every year.Li took art   13in Beijing and took exams from December to March.He then took cultural courses in his school till June.The rest of the year he spent on   14work.Li said he hadn’t   15any money from his family since he graduated from he technical secondary school.Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted Io change his   16through knowledge。

17by his contribution,Li Jun’s university  18him 9000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11450 yuan.An eight—year struggle may have come to an end for LiJun,but a new   19has now begun.Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present.He wants to study well and   20more scholarships.

1.A.research           B.struggle         C.service          D.expectation

2.A.talked of          B.told of          C.dreamt of        D.knew of

3.A.where          B.when             C.that             D.since

4.A.learning           B.seperating           C.dating           D.graduating

5.A.gifted         B.surprised            C.interested       D.easy going

6.A.went on with                           B.watched out for

C.dropped our of                       D.1ooked forward to

7.A.unfair             B.hard             C.practical            D.busy

8.A.value              B.respect          C.freedom          D.1iving

9.A.entering           B.visiting             C.supporting           D.pursing

10.A.turned to         B.applied for      C.called for      D.adapted to

11.A.Instead           B.At times             C.However          D.Besides

12.A.took off          B.paid off             C.gave off         D.sent off

13.A.ways              B.programmes       C.success          D.courses

14.A.full—time            B.part—time       C.out—of—door        D.all

15.A.asked for         B.looked for       C.prayed for           D.waited for

16.A.plan              B.ideal            C.fate             D.opinion

17.A.Encouraged        B.1nfluenccd       C.Accused          D.Impressed

18.A.funded            B.gave             C.paid             D.cost

19.A.challenge         B.1ife                 C.case             D.relationship

20.A.spend         B.win              C.care             D.use

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网