When people hear that I’m the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, they all have the same question: How did a 22-year old woman row a 19-foot boat for 70 days through high winds and crashing waves? Well, the biggest difficulty for me wasn’t physical. By the time I decided to do the ocean row, I had already biked 3,300 miles cross-country, run across the Mojave Desert, and swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River. No, the tough part would be mental: How would I handle the loneliness, the boredom of the vast sea?
I set off on January 3, 2010. I set my sights on getting past the quarter-way mark, which would take about 20 days.
Day 20, January 22, was gray and cloudy. I could have done something to celebrate, such as treating myself to a chocolate bar. But I didn’t.
I was suffering from terrible loneliness. I hadn’t seen landing over two weeks. Every day was beginning to feel the same. Eating, rowing, sleeping, watch the sky, watch the ocean.
Then, around sunset, I saw something move on the horizon. They were dolphins! They circled my boat. Suddenly I felt so grateful. They had come to help me celebrate, just when I needed them. I rowed at full strength for the next 20 minutes with the dolphins around. By the time we went our separate ways, I was no longer lonely. Better yet, I knew I would be okay.
I did make it, all 2,817 miles. I hit the coast of Guyana, South America, on March 14, after 70 days and five hours at sea. My ocean row raised $70,000 for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, which funds drinking water programs around the world. I know some athletes spend the entire journey imagining the end, and that helps them get through. But for me, the secret is to focus on the moment, where you experience the personal growth — those moments of awareness of being connected to the sun, the weather, and the waves. And, on the best day of my life, those dolphins, which freed myself from terrible loneliness.
【小題1】Which is the step taken as part of preparation for the tough row?

A.swimming the 325-mile length of the river
B.a(chǎn)nswering the same question raised by people
C.running 3,300 miles cross-country
D.biking across the Mojave Desert
【小題2】What does the underlined part mean?
A.I didn’t have any chocolate bar for energy.
B.I wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my first goal.
C.It’s a pity not to celebrate my passing the quarter of the way
D.It’s a pity not to treat myself to a chocolate bar on Day 20.
【小題3】What can be implied from the last two paragraphs?
A.Imagination was an effective way to help me get through.
B.The Blue Planet Run Foundation helped me a lot.
C.The dolphins accompanied me to reach my destination
D.The unexpected dolphins swept away my loneliness
【小題4】Which can be the best title of the passage?
A.The day I stopped being lonely
B.The only challenge for a 22-year old
C.How to overcome loneliness at sea.
D.How to row alone across the Atlantic


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析:文章講述了作者是最年輕的單獨(dú)一個(gè)人花費(fèi)了近70天的時(shí)間劃船穿越了大西洋的人。在此期間,作者最大的困難并非身體方面的原因,而是孤獨(dú)。然而,一群海豚將作者的孤獨(dú)與寂寞一掃而空,最終成功的到達(dá)了目的地。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。從第一段swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River.可知作者為準(zhǔn)備此次渡海,游過了325英里的河流,故選A
【小題2】推斷題。從第三自然段I was suffering from terrible loneliness. 可知,作者之所以沒有慶祝的原因是,自己太孤獨(dú)寂寞了根本沒有心情慶祝,故選B
【小題3】推斷題。最后兩段作者講述了自己如何消除了寂寞,最終完成了此次旅程。別的運(yùn)動(dòng)員可能是想象著終點(diǎn)來支撐自己取得成功,而作者是集中于某一刻,正是那些不期而遇的海豚幫助了作者掃除了寂寞,最終得以成功。故選D
【小題4】主旨題。文章重在寫自己戰(zhàn)勝孤獨(dú)的經(jīng)歷來引出集中于某一刻,那一刻你會(huì)得以成長。文章意在說明自己與海豚的經(jīng)歷來揭示我不在孤獨(dú),進(jìn)而到達(dá)了終點(diǎn),所以標(biāo)題應(yīng)包括孤獨(dú)二字,而并非如何在海上克服孤獨(dú),這個(gè)太淺顯,文章并沒有教我們?nèi)绾蝸碓诤I蠎?zhàn)勝孤獨(dú),而是結(jié)合自己的經(jīng)歷,給文章予以升華。故選A
考點(diǎn):人物傳記類記敘文
點(diǎn)評(píng):此類文體首先對(duì)自己的經(jīng)歷進(jìn)行闡述,結(jié)合自己的情況,提出自己的觀點(diǎn)。對(duì)于此類文章的作答,需要把握好作者實(shí)質(zhì)要表達(dá)的感情色彩,理解作者的深層次的中心思想。將這一思想始終把握在答題的過程中,以此為出發(fā)點(diǎn)。結(jié)合問題中所給的信息同時(shí)利用排除法即可作答。

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