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阅读理解 　　Short 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 object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire． 　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him．At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest．Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend．Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance．At age 18, he ran his first marathon． 　　The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean．Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就)．Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future． 　　Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy．“John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy’, ” Saunders says． 　　In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole．He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇)with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit． 　　Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton．His old playmates would not believe the transformation． 　　This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis． (1) The turning point in Saunders’ life came when _______ [　　] A． he started to play ball games B． he got a mountain bike at age 15 C． he ran his first marathon at age 18 D． he started to receive Ridgway’s training (2) We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______． [　　] A． dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy B． built up his body together with Saunders C． hired Saunders for his cold-water experience D． won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic (3) What do we know about Saunders? [　　] A． He once worked at a school in Scotland． B． He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole． C． He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid． D． He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole． (4) The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means _______． [　　] A． excited B． convinced C． delighted D． fascinated

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．A;4．D;
解析：

(1)	这是一道细节推断题。根据“It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him”在此之前在体育方面被轻视，有了自行车后开始锻炼身体并逐渐成为探险家。
(2)	这是一道细节推断题。根据“The following year，he met John Ridgway，who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean．”可知Ridgway因横穿大西洋而著名。
(3)	这是一道细节推断题。根据“Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland，”说明他曾经在苏格兰的一个学校工作。
(4)	这是一道猜意题。根据后面的“Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions，then decided that this would be his future”说明Saunders很喜欢这个运动，并决定终生从事。可以推断出intrigued是“喜欢，痴迷”的意思，fascinated也是这个意思。