题目内容

3、A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4，900-mile cross-country  walk, becoming the first to backpack(背着背包旅行)the American Discovery Trail in one continuous walk．

Marcia and Ken Powers，of Pleasanton，started the travel across 13 states，through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb．27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware．Nearly eight months later，the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes，a day ahead of time．

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over．It was a fantastic adventure．And now we go home and just de housework．It's really sad．”Marcia，who said she's in her 50s，and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities，deserts，mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacific alone with arms around each other's backpacks．

They overcame deep snow in the East，a quicksand in Utah，close lightning strikes in the Midwest and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off．But they enjoyed the French history of St Louis，the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way．

They particularly remember two brothers―a doctor and dentist―who put them up in their homes around Chester，Ill．，after terrible days，and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert．

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people．”Marcia Powers said．“We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home．We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents(香味) and hear its wildlife．It's an amazing country，”she added．

 

60．The underlined word“traversed”in the third paragraph means“        ”．

    A．enjoyed      B．moved across，through or over     C．overcame    D．looked at

61．After the long walk，Marcia and Ken Powers felt sad probably because      ．

    A．they had to do the heavy housework again

    B．they had no way to earn their living

    C．they couldn't go on enjoying their walk

    D．they had experienced too many difficulties

62．According to the text，we can infer that during the walk the couple      ．

    A．were treated warm-heartedly by the local people

    B．never stopped to have a rest

    C．were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill

    D．felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting

63．Which one of the following will be the best tide for the text?

    A．A couple finished a 4,900-mile walk across America

    B．A long and hard walk across America

    C．An old couple reached the Pacific Ocean

    D．An old couple enjoyed America for eight months

试题答案

3、60．B由后面的他们相互扶持可知，他们共同穿过城市，翻越高山，穿过沙漠，故B项正确。

61．C由整篇文章可知他们俩非常喜欢这项运动。而由文章第3段可知，在完成了这一运动之后，他们有点失落，故C项正确。

62．A 由文章第4段和第5段的叙述可知，他们得到了许多热心人的帮助，故4项正确。

63．A选项A揭示了文章的主要人物，他们具体的行程和他们的主要事迹。