题目内容
10.Raphael,a sailor
The beauty is that you never get nothing from the sun,she is always giving us energy.Not once did we run out of power
Erwann,a captain
For 584days,Swiss adventurer Raphael braved storms,pirates and cloudy skies to finish the sailing around the whole world on a boat.The boat was powered by nothing but sun lights.
The boat,called"Turanor"after a word meaning"power of the sun",as heavy as a whale and 30meters long,is as large as two tennis courts.It made history on May 4th,2012,when it finally sailed into Port Hercules,Monaco,completing the first ever round-the-world journey by a solar-powered boat.
"The aim of this journey was to show the world that this technology is not science fiction,it is very real and it can help us change how we do things now rather than in the future,"said Raphael,"I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee listening to him reading'Around the world in 80days'by Jules Verne.It made me want to go out and explore just like Phileas Fogg.Everywhere we went people would gather around the boat.They had never seen such a strange boat before,"he added.
For 40-year-old Raphael,whose youth was spent reading through pages of adventure books,the sailing around the whole world this year was also a fruition of boyhood dreams.
"Most people think that if the sun doesn't shine the boat wouldn't work,but it is impossible to sail for one year and only have good weather.The beauty is that you never get nothing from the sun,she is always giving us energy.Not once did we run out of power,"said the captain.The boat is capable of storing enough power to allow it to travel for five full days without sunlight.
Raphael has reason to be proud.Having completed the 50,000kilometer journey,the"Turanor"returns with five Guinness World Records to its name:Longest solar journey; first solar circumnavigation; fastest solar crossing of the South China Sea; fastest solar crossing of the Atlantic and--no surprises here--a record for the world's largest solar-powered boat.
"I really hope our journey will make people realize the big power of solar energy and that it can be used for long-time travel,"he said.
Now back in Europe,Raphael is taking some time off to recharge his own batteries,before getting back to work,thinking of new ways to spread the solar power message to the world.
53.What helped Raphael finish this long,hard and even impossible sail?C
A.The storms and cloudy skies.
B.Five full days without sunlight.
C.His strong childhood dreams.
D.The large number of pirates.
54.What does the underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph mean?C
A.It's the time to think and do differently.
B.It's a chance to surprise the whole world.
C.It's time for us to use the energy of sun.
D.It's a chance to change ways of traveling.
55.Which of the following is TRUE to the boat-Turanor?B
A.It has five records as fastest,largest,and sailed longest.
B.It used the power of sun and traveled very long and fast.
C.It's so strange that many people gave lots of laugh at it.
D.It's now back in Europe ready for the second brave sail.
分析 文章大意:主要描述了瑞士的冒险家拉斐尔冒着暴风雨,海盗和多云的天空下用太阳能作动力的船上完成环游全世界的故事.
解答 53-55:CCB
53题答案:C 推理题,根据文中的第一段I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee listening to him reading'Around the world in 80 days'by Jules Verne.It made me want to go out and explore just like Phileas Fogg.我记得坐在爷爷的膝上听他读"环游世界80天的Jules Verne.这让我想去探索像斐利亚•福克.可知 是儿时的梦想,故答案是C.
54题答案:C 翻译题,根据文中的第七段The aim of this journey was to show the world that this technology is not science fiction,it is very real and it can help us change how we do things now rather than in the future这次旅行的目的是向世界表明,这项技术不是科幻小说,它是非常真实的,它可以帮助我们改变我们现在做的事情,而不是在未来,可知是我们利用太阳能量的时候了,故答案是C.
55题答案:B 细节题,根据文中的倒数第二段Longest solar journey; first solar circumnavigation; fastest solar crossing of the South China Sea; fastest solar crossing of the Atlantic and--no surprises here--a record for the world's largest solar-powered boat.可知作者 Turanor用太阳能旅行路途长且速度快,故答案是B.
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