LONDON, England（CNN）--- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.

Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.

 “It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.”

Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.

The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.

Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.

The teenager's school --- which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip --- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mike's Web site.

There haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.

Bad weather in the Southern Ocean --- between Australia and Antarctica --- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.

 “My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, ‘Why am I here?’ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, ‘This is brilliant!’”

Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.

49. Mike Perham returned to Britain in ________.

  A. August      B. September           C. October              D. November

50. Mike Perham is ________ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.

A. the first       B. the bravest     C. the luckiest     D. the youngest

51. We can infer from the passage that ________.

  A. the English school is the same as ours

B. the English school doesn’t care for students

C. the English school has a humane management

D. the English school gives students a lot of course work

52. The passage mainly tells us ________.

  A. Mike’s exciting sail trip around the globe

B. how Mike’s father taught him to sail a boat

  C. why CNN wanted to report the news to the public

  D. the introduction of the Guinness World Records

书面表达（满分 30分）

假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。

内容要点：

* 表示歉意      

* 理由：去机场接从法国回来的舅舅    

* 询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座

注意：

1．词数：100左右        

2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

Dear Miss Morgan,

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

                                                              Li Hua

 ________in charge of the shopping center has upset him for quite some time.

A. Left                B. Being left                C. Having left             D. To leave

 I've got a bit of headache．It's nothing much, ______.

A．anyhow         B．moreover              C．besides         D．though

A trip to the forest park is a wonderful________of my happy childhood, when I had no end of fun with my playmates.

       A．adventure B．celebration       C．reminder   D．attraction

第二节  开放作文

       请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

       In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.