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【题目】Powered by courage and determination，Felicity Aston,33，became the first person to ski alone across Antarctica on 15，Jan,2012.

Aston finished the 59day trip almost exactly a century after Roald Amundsen first reached the South Pole in 1911.Aston crossed 1,084 miles from the Ross Ice Shelf to Hercules Inlet.

Aston，a freelance travel writer，and explorer，faced temperatures that averaged－25 degrees as she pulled two sleds across the ice and thick snow on her nearly twomonth trip. The scariest moment came when her two lighters failed to work while she was in the Transantarctic Mountains. The lighters started working again at lower altitudes.

While early Antarctic explorers were cut off from the outside world，Aston's access to a satellite phone meant that friends and family could follow her online as she regularly tweeted(在Twitter上发微博)and made almost daily podcasts(播客)about her journey. An interactive map showed Aston's progress in real time. And while she skied，Aston listened to bands.

On New Year's Eve she noted that there would be no champagne.“No wine with me to toast the new year but treating myself to spoonfuls of the peanut butter，” Aston tweeted as the new year approached.

In Aston's last podcast，the emotional traveler recorded after she reached Hercules Inlet, “I seem to have got here in a rush or something and I don't really feel prepared for it，”said Aston.“It feels amazing to be finished and greatly sad that it's over at the same time.”

Weather permitting，Aston will return home today where she says she is looking forward to some “red wine and a hot shower”．

【1】What is Aston's most possible purpose to ski alone across Antarctica?

A．To memorize human's arrival at the South Pole.

B．To become the first woman to cross the South Pole.

C．To make an exploration by herself and write about it.

D．To explore Antarctica and do science researches.

【2】What is the difference between Aston's trip and the early explorers'?

A．She brought an electronic map with her.

B．She was monitored by a special satellite.

C．She suffered much lower temperatures.

D．She was followed online all through the trip.

【3】It was the most difficult for Aston when ________.

A．the temperatures fell below－25 degrees

B．her two lighters failed to work in mountains.

C．there was no champagne on New Year's Eve

D．her trip across Antarctica was coming to an end

【4】Aston feels ________ about the ending of her trip.

A．depressed and sorry

B．amazed but sad

C．excited and proud

D．tired but cheerful

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】语篇解读：本文是记叙文。33岁的Felicity Aston，凭着自己的勇气和决心，用接近两个月的时间徒步横穿南极洲，成为独自完成南极探险第一人，并随时通过网络对外界发布了探险的整个过程。

【1】 推理判断题。结合全文，文章并没有明确说明Felicity Aston穿越南极洲的目的，但综合文章第一段以及第四段她通过播客发布自己的穿越经历可知，C项为最佳答案。

【2】 推理判断题。从文章第四段friends and family could follow her online可知，使用现代化通讯手段随时跟亲朋好友保持联系是Felicity Aston与先前的探险家的不同。

【3】 细节理解题。从文章第三段最后一句The scariest moment came when her two lighters failed to work while she was in the Transantarctic Mountains.可知B项正确。

【4】 推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段最后一句It feels amazing to be finished and greatly sad that it's over at the same time.可知，当旅程结束的时候，Felicity Aston感到既惊奇又难过。