9．Seven years of careful design and planning all came together on Monday，when James Cameron became the first man to make a solo （獨自的） trip to the deepest known point on Earth-the Challenger Deep!More importantly though，he appeared safely seven hours later，with exciting photos and videos from this dark mysterious world that has been visited by only two people before!
Seated inside a specially built 12-ton green submersible （潛水器） called the Deep Sea Challenger，the filmmaker caught every moment of his 2-hour-36-minute journey down to the bottom of the Marianna Trench on video-it's 120times larger than the Grand Canyon and a mile deeper than Mount Everest．
There were no mysterious footprints-just a flat lonely land that Mr．Cameron describes as"lack of sunlight，any heat，any warmth"．The only things swimming around were some small shrimp-like creatures．
While Mr．Cameron had expected to spend six hours at the bottom，he was forced to return in three，because the robotic arm that helped him collect samples （樣本）went wrong．
However，these small setbacks （挫折） didn't make the whole trip any less exciting for Mr．Cameron．The director，who returned to the surface in a speedy 70minutes，believes this is just one of many trips he and other adventurers will be taking．In fact，Sir Richard Branson，the founder of the Virgin Group，is planning a similar trip to the Puerto Rico Trench that lies five miles below the surface of the water．Though Mr．Cameron has promised to develop his trip into an exciting documentary，he doesn't talk about how the experience will be used in his next movie．We cannot wait to see!
28．From Paragraph 1we can learn thatD
A．the trip lasted for half a day
B．the pictures Cameron took were dark
C．Cameron was the first man to visit the Challenger Deep
D．the trip had been well prepared in the past few years
29．What can we learn about the green submersible that Cameron took？A
A．It was very heavy．
B．It could play videos．
C．It was once used to make films．
D．It was used to explore the Grand Canyon．
30．What did Cameron find about the bottom of the Challenger Deep？A
A．It was dark and cold．
B．It wasn't a very large area．
C．There were various sea creatures．
D．There were some mysterious footprints．
31．Why did Cameron return earlier than planned？C
A．He had finished all his tasks．
B．He couldn't stand the environment．
C．There was something wrong with his submersible．
D．He wanted to show his photos and videos to others earlier．
分析 經(jīng)過七年的精心策劃和準備，James Cameron成功地完成了去the Challenger Deep的探險，并帶回了許多珍貴的照片和錄像．
解答 28．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一句的"Seven years of careful design and planning"可知這次旅行經(jīng)過了七年的準備，因此A項正確．根據(jù)文章第一段第一句后半部分可知C項描述不確切，且本段最后一句話的后半部分也是提示；此次旅行的時間是七小時，因此A 項錯誤；根據(jù)第一段最后一句的"exciting photos and videos from this dark mysterious world"可知B項錯誤．
29．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段第一句中的a specially built 12-ton green submersible可知，這個潛水器重達12噸．所以選A．
30．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段第一句中的lack of sunlight，any heat，any warmth可知，那里既黑暗又寒冷．所以選A．
31．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段句子he was forced to return in three，because the robotic arm that helped him collect samples （樣本）went wrong．可知，機器發(fā)生了故障，因此Cameron先生不得不提前返回．故答案選C．
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