摘要： The women had to be careful to avoid on their way to the North Pole. A. falling over on the ice B. damaging the sledges C. being left behind D. getting too cold at night
In 1997, a group of twenty British women made history．Working in five teams with four women in each team, they walked to the North Pole．Apart from one experienced female guide, the other women were all ordinary people who had never done anything like this in their lives before．
The women set off as soon as they were ready．Once on the ice, each woman had to ski while dragging a sledge(雪橇)about over 50 kilos．This would not have been too bad on a smooth surface, but for long distances, the Arctic ice is pushed up into huge piles two or three metres high, and the sledges had to be pulled up one side and carefully let down the other so that they didn’t become damaged．The temperature was always below the freezing point and sometimes strong winds made walking while pulling so much weight almost impossible．It was also very difficult for them to put up their tents when they stopped each night．
In such conditions, the women were making good progress if they covered fourteen or fifteen kilometers a day．But there was another problem．Part of the journey was across a frozen sea with moving water underneath the ice and at some points the team would drift(漂流)back more than five kilometers during the night．That meant that after walking in these very severe conditions for ten hours on one day, they had to spend part of the next day covering the same ground again．Further more, each day it took them three hours from waking up to setting off and another three hours every evening to set up the camp and prepare the evening meal．
So, how did they manage to succeed?They realized that they were part of a team．If any one of them didn’t pull her sledge or get her job done, she would endanger the success of the whole expedition(探险)．Any form of selfishness could result in the efforts of everyone else being completely wasted, so personal feelings had to be put to one side．At the end of their journey, the women agreed that it was mental effort that got them to the North Pole．
(1)
What was so special about the expedition?
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A．
There was no one to lead it．
B．
The women did not have any men with them．
C．
It was a new experience for most of the women．
D．
The women had not met one another before．
(2)
On the expedition, the women had to the careful to avoid ________．
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A．
falling over on the ice
B．
being left behind
C．
damaging the sledges
D．
getting too cold at night
(3)
Which of the following does not prevent women from covering more miles a day on the expedition?
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A．
Preparation was very complex everyday．
B．
The ice somewhere was moving．
C．
They often lost their way．
D．
Arctic conditions are very severe．
(4)
Those women succeeded mainly because ________ according to the last paragraph?
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A．
women were better at sharing personal feelings
B．
women could adapt themselves to the expedition more effective than men
C．
they had more experiences walking in bad conditions
D．
they depended on strong motivation and good teamwork
(5)
Which of the following items is NOT mentioned about expedition in the text?