Question

Fat 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 one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th  birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition(探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（冻疮）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled（雪橇） up and over rocky ice. www.zxxk.com

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

A. He became good at most sports.   B. He made friends with a runner.

C. He joined a sports team.          D. He began to build up his body.

2.The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.

A. journeys      B. adventures   C.researches                      D. operations

3.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

a. He ran his first marathon.               b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

c. He rode his bike in a forest.      d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

A. a c d b                     B. c d a b           C. c a b d                     D.a c b d 

4. What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders?

A. He is a success in sports.                         B. He is the best British skier.

C. He is Ridgway’s best student. `     D. He is a good instructor at school.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题解析：本文介绍了又胖又害羞而被大家取笑的桑德斯从十五岁生日收到山地自行车开始改变到成为了跨越南海岸的南极和南极洲的第一人的非凡成就。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th  birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength.可以判断出Ｄ正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段划线部分后Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future. 可以判断出Ｂ正确。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest.可以判断出ｃ，根据第二段最后At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.可以判断出ａ，根据第五段开头Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole可以判断出b,根据最后一段Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back可以判断d,由以上内容可以判断C正确。

4.总结归纳题。本文从第一段开始介绍Saunders，胖还很害羞被大家所取笑，到最后他成为了跨越南海岸的南极和南极洲的第一人，所以Ｃ正确。

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