Question

VII. 写作（Writing）（共2小题，计２5分）

　

    A) Read the following passage, and then use your own words to give a brief summary of it in about 90 words.（答案写在答题纸上）

                               All thanks to the mobile phone

   

Dave Mill owes his life to his mobile phone. He was trying to make history by walking to the North Pole alone, without any help or support. But after 50 days of extremely bad weather, during which the temperature dropped as low as minus 30°C, Dave was forced to abandon his attempt.     He had completed 185 miles of the 375-mile journey and had suffered several mishaps（不幸事故）. He had broken his sunglasses, been followed by polar bears and fallen into freezing water twice. Then, after making the decision to give up, he had some more bad luck and found himself stranded （处于困境的） on a floating piece of ice that was slowly melting.

    The weather was too bad for any rescue attempt to be made. Dave waited for three days, hoping that conditions would improve. But the rescue planes could not land because dense fog prevented them from seeing the surface of the ice. It was a race against time.

    Then he remembered his mobile phone. He marked out a runway on the ice and took a photograph with his digital camera. Then he used his phone to e-mail it to the waiting air rescue team. Using the photograph to guide him, the pilot was able to land in spite of the weather, and Dave was lifted off the ice to safety.

Answer 1

All thanks to the mobile phone

    Dave Mill was saved by his mobile phone. He was attempting to walk to the North Pole alone. But after 50 days of very bad weather, he had to give up his attempt.

    He had completed about half of his journey and had several accidents before he found himself stranded on a floating piece of ice.

    The weather was too bad for the rescue planes to land. He took a photograph with his digital camera, then e-mailed it with his mobile phone to the waiting air rescue team. The pilot was able to land using the photograph and Dave was saved.