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 Devon-shire, England.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th 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. Gradu-ally, Saunders set 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 learn-ed about Ridgway's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decid-ed that this would be his future.

　　In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier,Saunders started his first long-distance expe-dition(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.

　　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 play-mates would not believe the change.

　　Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2 900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

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

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A．He became good at most sports.

B．He began to build up his body.

C．He joined a sports team.

D．He made friends with a runner.

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

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A．journeys

B．researches

C．adventures

D．operations

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

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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．acdb

B．cdab

C．acbd

D．cabd

(4) What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

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A．He is a success in sports.

B．He is the best British skier.

C．He is Ridgway's favorite student.

D．He is a good instructor at school.

Answer 1

答案：B;C;D;A
解析：

(1) 细节理解题。短文第二段提到Saunders 15岁时收到了一辆山地车，这辆山地车改变了他。他开始骑车，并决心增强体质，加快速度等。 (2) 词义猜测题。下文中谈到他了解关于北极探险者与冒险的一些事情。由此判断：exploits 与adventures意义最为接近。 (3) 排序题。纵观全文可知。 (4) 主旨大意题。纵观全文Saunders从不喜欢体育运动，到15岁以后，开始骑自行车，参加马拉松赛跑，独自到北极去滑雪，并想到南极去滑雪，这一切都表明Saunders在体育方面是成功的。