2．An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore（海岸） for the first time in nearly nine months，announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop．
David Dicks，18，left Perth on the 10-metre sailing boat On February 26th，1996．He returned with a warm hero's welcome，cheered by thousands on the shore and greeted by about 200other boats．
At the age of 17 when he started out，the teenager's voyage（航海） gave him his first look ever at snow when he rounded Cape Horn．
Strong winds in the Pacific broke his mast in May，but he kept going until he could borrow a tool from the British Royal Navy to fix it．
"David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five，inspired by a family friend who did it three times，"his mother Patricia Dicks said．
"Once he started making plans to do it，I never doubted that he would，"she said．
In September，20-year-old Brain"BJ"Caldwell Jr．landed a 26sloop（单桅帆船） in Hawaii and asked for the title of the youngest sailor circling the world．His asking was admitted by the World Sailing Commission．
Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham，who set out in 1965 at the age of 16．
Graham took five years to complete the trip，stopping off along the way to get married．But David asked for the nonstop voyages．
53．David Dicks is theD．
A．faster solo sailor circling the globe．
B．faster sailor circling the globe nonstop
C．youngest solo sailor circling the earth．
D．youngest solo sailor circling the earth nonstop．
54．Robert Lee GrahamA．
A．was accepted by the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest solo sailor
B．was accepted as the youngest but greatest sailor．
C．first thought about sailing when he was five years old．
D．traveled around the world faster than Brian"BJ"Caldwell Jr．
55．We may infer from the text thatC．
A．David took the place of Robert in the Guinness Book of Records
B．David had never left his hometown before the trip
C．David is a determined person
D．His mother herself took three sailing trips．
分析 本文介绍了David Dicks一个澳大利少年在近九个月内第一次登上海岸，宣布成为最年轻的独自一人绕地球一圈的记录的故事．介绍了他从小的梦想以及在17岁的时候开始他的航海计划，他的母亲说他在5岁的时候就有环游世界的梦想，并且他相信自儿子一定会成功．并且David要求不间断的航海，获得了很多成绩的故事．
解答 53．D 细节理解题．由第一段中"An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore（海岸） for the first time in nearly nine months，announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop．"一个澳大利亚青年人用将近九个月的时间穿越海岸，宣告成为最年轻的独自一人不间断绕地球一圈的记录．故选D
54．A 细节分析题．由最后一段"Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham"澳大利亚新闻报道获得 吉尼斯世界纪录的最新记录者是American Robert Lee．所以选择A
55．C．理解推断题．根据文中"David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five，inspired by a family friend who did it three times，"his mother Patricia Dicks said．"Once he started making plans to do it，I never doubted that he would，"she said"通过母亲的叙述来表示母亲对儿子没有怀疑，她相信儿子可以做到，从而在侧面反映出David是一个很有决心的人．所以选C
点评 本文是一篇介绍航海探险家的人物传记，前两题只需仔细阅读课文即可选出正确答案，最后一题需要在阅读后加以理解并推断就可做出．
