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【题目】 Michael Perham (born on 16th March, 2000 in Hertfordshire, England) is a boy who, at the age of 17, became the youngest person to sail around the world in the 50 feet racing boat, completing his journey on 7th August, 2017. He started the world trip on the 15th of November 2016 from Portsmouth, England.

Just six days after Michael Perham set sail from Portsmouth, he started having serious problems with the boat, which he was unable to fix himself on the sea. He had to stop in Portugal. Just one day later, he set sail once again, with the hope of breaking David Dick’s world record for the youngest person to sail around the world.

Michael met many challenges along the way, including rough seas and knock-downs in the Southern Ocean, terrible loneliness and fighting storms, but the largest difficulty Michael faced was the boat itself. It caused one problem after another. He celebrated his birthday in March last year among the dolphins in Indian Ocean.

Michael Perham has entered the record books after becoming the youngest person to sail around the world. The teenager already holds the record for being the youngest people to sail across the Atlantic, aged just 14.

Michael Perham plans to create the Sail Michael Fund to encourage young people to take to the water. He is also aiming to take part in the 2020 Olympics.

【1】This passage is most probably taken from .

A.a story bookB.a magazineC.a travel guideD.a film review

【2】How long did it take Michael Perham to complete his world trip?

A.It took 6 days.B.It took 50 days.

C.It took about 9 months.D.It took about 14 months.

【3】Which of the following is WRONG about Michael Perham?

A.He encourages young people to take part in the 2020 Olympics.

B.He is going to set up the Sail Michael Fund for young people.

C.The most difficult problem he faced while sailing was the boat.

D.Two world records for sailing has been held by him so far.

【4】What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Michael Perham started the world trip from Portsmouth.

b. Michael Perham became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic.

c. Michael Perham celebrated his birthday in March last year.

d. Michael Perham became the youngest person to sail around the world.

A.d, a, c, bB.b, c, a, dC.d, a, b, cD.b, a, c, d

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文讲述了一位名叫Michael Perham 的年轻人的航海经历，他成为了世界上最年轻的航海周游世界的运动员。

【1】推理判断题。这篇文章的主人公是Michael Perham，讲述了他航海的人生经历，这应该是取材于杂志上的，而非故事书、旅行指南或电影评论，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据“He started the world trip on the 15th of November 2016 from Portsmouth, England.”可知他在2016年11月15日开始世界旅行的，根据“…completing his journey on 7th August, 2017.”可知是在2017年8月7日结束的，所以花了大概大约九个月，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据“Michael Perham plans to create the Sail Michael Fund to encourage young people to take to the water. He is also aiming to take part in the 2020 Olympics.”可知他创办基金鼓励年轻人参与到水上运动中来，并非是鼓励他们参加2020年奥运会，想参加奥运会的是他自己，因此A选项是错误的，B选项是正确的；根据“…but the largest difficulty Michael faced was the boat itself.”可知他遇到最大的困难是船，因此C选项是正确的；根据倒数第二段可知，Michael创造了航海环游世界最年轻的人和横跨大西洋最年轻的人两项记录，因此D选项是正确的。故选A。

【4】细节理解题。a. Michael Perham从朴茨茅斯开始了世界之旅。b. Michael Perham成为横跨大西洋航行的最年轻的人c. Michael Perham去年3月庆祝了他的生日d. Michael Perham成为世界上最年轻的航行周游世界的运动员。根据“The teenager already holds the record for being the youngest people to sail across the Atlantic, aged just 14.”“这位少年已经拥有成为横跨大西洋航行的最年轻人的记录，年仅14岁”，这是他14岁的经历，是第一个事件。然后是在2016年16岁的时候开启世界之旅，也就是从朴茨茅斯出发，这是第二个事件。然后在航行期间在去年三月在印度洋的海豚群中过了生日，这是第三个事件。最后，他完成了航行，成为世界上最年轻的航行周游世界的运动员，这是第四个事件。所以顺序也就是b，a，c，d，故选D。