Question

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.             ,

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway' s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway 's, cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探險) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (凍瘡) , ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky ice.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he' s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October; Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

45. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?      

A. He became good at most sports.        B. He began to build up his body.

C. He joined a sports team.              D. He made friends with a runner.

46. The underlined word "exploits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ____.

A. journeys          B. researches      C. adventures       D. operations

47. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

a. He ran his first marathon.      b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

c. He rode his bike in a forest.    d. He planned an adventure to the South Role.

A. acdb             B. cdab           C. acbd            D. cabd

48. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A. He is a success in sports.   .          B. He is the best British skier.

C. He is Ridgway' s favorite student.      D. He is a good instructor at school.

Answer 1

【語篇解讀】本文屬于人物傳記。主要介紹的是Saunders為了改變自身的肥胖和害羞性格，

從不喜歡體育運動到15歲以后收到一輛山地車，開始騎車運動、參加馬拉松、獨自滑雪去

北極，并計劃繼續(xù)向南極進(jìn)發(fā)，這一切都證明了Saunders堅毅的個性和永不言棄的精神，

更向讀者詮釋了“世上沒有什么事是做不到的，唯有夢想和努力”的道理。

45. B. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 短文第二段提到Saunders15歲生日時收到了一輛山地車，這輛山地車改變了他。他開始騎車，并決心增強(qiáng)體質(zhì)。

46. C. 詞義猜測題。 根據(jù)第三段談到他了解一切關(guān)于北極探險的事情。由此判斷：exploits為adventures之意。

47. D. 排序分析題。 題目要求我們按事件發(fā)生時間來進(jìn)行排序。根據(jù)全文所述，正確的故事發(fā)展順序是：他在山林中騎車→他跑第一個馬拉松→他獨自滑雪去北極→他計劃他的南極之行。或根據(jù)首尾定位法，第一步是 c. He rode his bike in a forest，最后一步是 d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole，故答案選 D。

48. A. 主旨大意題。綜觀全文， Saunders從 15歲以后收到一輛山地車，開始進(jìn)行騎車運動、參加馬拉松、獨自滑雪去北極，并計劃繼續(xù)向南極進(jìn)發(fā)，這一切都表明Saunders在體育方面非常成功。