Question

  Katie Spotz is a 22-year-old girl from America. She wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat. If she succeeds，she’ll be the youngest and the first American to finish the 2,500-mile trip.

Spotz began sailing when she was at university,but she has never tried to sail such a long way before. It will be a great challenge for her. In recent years,she has swum all the way down the 325-mile Allegheny River and travelled by bike from Seattle to Washington.

Spotz knows that she may see some dangerous things during the trip. It will be very dangerous if she meets very bad weather in the middle of the sea. But she believes that she can deal with all the difficulties.

“I never thought I could run 26 miles. ” she said. “But once I finished it,I realized that maybe I could do something even more difficult. ”

Spotz wants to collect money by going on this trip. She wants to collect money for an organization called “Blue Planet Run”. The organization offers free,safe drinking water to people who need it.

It will take her about three months to finish this trip. Good luck to this brave girl and best wishes to her!

根据短文内容，补全表格信息。

The age of Spotz	1.       years old
The distance of the trip	2.       miles
A dangerous thing during the trip is	the 3.       weather
The purpose of the trip	to collect 4.       for an organization
The trip will take	about 5.       months

Answer 1

1. 22根据第一段第一句可知。

2. 2,500 根据第一段最后一句可知，旅行的距离是 2500英里。

3. bad根据第三段第二句可知。

4. money根据第五段第一句可知。

5. 3/three根据最后一段可知。