Question

Short 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 object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

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

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

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

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.The turning point in Saunders'life came when ________.

A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway's training

2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

A．dismissed Saunders' dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3.What do we know about Saunders?

A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

4.The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．Excited           B．Convinced         C．Delighted         D．Fascinated

5.It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Saunders曾是学校让人笑话的没有用的人物，体育项目都不行，可就在他15岁收到了一辆自行车开始，改变了他的人生，他通过骑车强壮了自己的身体，后来遇见了John Ridgway，又在他的学校工作，在那里他读了关于北极和南极的探险后也激起了他的欲望，从此，就开始了他的探险之路，并且也有所成就。

1.这是细节理解题。根据It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him.他收到了自行车后彻底改变了他，故选B。

2.这是细节理解题。根据  The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. John Ridgway 划船过了大西洋，故选D。

3.这是细节理解题。根据Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, Saunders曾经受Ridgway 的雇佣在苏格兰的探险学校工作过，故选A。

4.这是词义猜测题。Intrigued激起兴趣。根据Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Saunders在读了关于北极和南极的探险后也激起了他的欲望，故选D。

5.这是推理判断题。根据Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.他为去北极探险创了记录，故选B。

考点：这是一篇记叙文。

点评：阅读理解题中所设置的词义猜测类题多是对生词、短语、指示代词的猜测。一方面，命题者要求考生所猜测的单词或短语可能是已学过的或是考生较熟悉的，但高考所考查的是不太常见的意思；另一方面命题者要求考生所猜测的单词或短语可能是考生没有学过的。此时，对单词或短语的猜测不要停留在字面上,要根据语境来判断。