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18.Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60days on a small island in the Atlantic.
Tom McClean,an SAS soldier who holds the solo record for occupying(占领) Rockall for 40days in 1985,told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face.
"I'm fully expecting it to be tough,"Nick Hancock said."I'm hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly,I'm going to be able to keep most of my time busy.I think the worst times will come if I'm boxed up for several days by bad weather."
Hancock hopes to land on Rockall in early June and will carry out the last tests of his boat next week.He has a small wind turbine(风电机) and a solar panel for power,more than two months'food,a satellite phone and a laptop loaded with e-books to keep him going.Hancock will update an adventure blog,texting messages out on Twitter and emailing his wife Pam and friends every day.
Rockall has been occupied before,most famously by McClean but also by three Greenpeace campaigners,who set the long-stay record of 42days in 1997by occupying the rock in protest at oil and gas exploration in the area.
The last human inhabitants Hancock knows of are a small group of Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts,who are interested in broadcasting from distant islands; they were on Rockall overnight in late 2010.
Hancock has no large support team behind him.Except for the coastguard(海岸警卫队),his only lifeline will be the Orca  III,the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall.

71.Nick Hancock's main goal is toD.
A.protest at oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic
B.show his ability to adapt himself to bad conditions
C.prove broadcasting from distant islands can be possible
D.challenge the previous record of living alone on Rockall
72.According to Tom McClean,the biggest challenge Hancock would meet wasA.
A.loneliness
B.bad weather
C.lack of food
D.communication
73.To keep his time busy on Rockall,Hancock willA.
A.do his daily tasks slowly
B.write a book
C.think of his wife
D.surf online
74.How will Hancock get to Rockall?B
A.On the coastguard's boat
B.On a passenger boat
C.On his own plane
D.On a passenger plane
75.We can learn from the passage thatC.
A.Tom McClean was the first person to set foot on Rockall
B.Hancock will rely on his large support team
C.Rockall is not suitable for humans to settle on
D.Hancock was already a famous online writer before making the plan.

分析 本文是一篇议论文.主要讲的是主人公Nick Hancock打算在大西洋的一个小岛上独自居住60天来刷新纪录.文章介绍了他出发前的相关准备和带的所需用品.

解答 71-75 DAABC
71.D.细节理解题.从文章第一段"Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60 days on a small island in the Atlantic."Nick Hancock希望在大西洋的一个小岛上独自居住60天来刷新纪录,故选D.
72.A.细节理解题.从第二段"told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face."告诉他,独自一人待二个月是他要面对的最大的挑战,故选A.
73.A.细节理解题.从第三段"I'm hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly,I'm going to be able to keep most of my time busy."可知,我希望通过慢一点进行我的日常任务,我能有更多的时间是忙起来的,故选A.
74.B.细节理解题.从最后一段"the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall."可知,客船将送他到Rockall,故选B.
75.C.推理判断题.从全文可以推断出Rockall条件艰苦,不适合人类居住.从第五段"Rockall has been occupied before,most famously by McClean"可知在McClean之前就有人登上过Rockall,故A错;从最后一段"Hancock has no large support team behind him"知B错;D项文章没有提及.故选C.

点评 做本题时,首先要快速浏览全文,把握文章的主旨大意,理清作者的写作思路;然后结合上下文,逐句分析,并正确理解每一句话的意思;最后结合选项的意思,找到符合文意的选项.

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