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【題目】 Michael Perham (born on 16th March, 2000 in Hertfordshire, England) is a boy who, at the age of 17, became the youngest person to sail around the world in the 50 feet racing boat, completing his journey on 7th August, 2017. He started the world trip on the 15th of November 2016 from Portsmouth, England.

Just six days after Michael Perham set sail from Portsmouth, he started having serious problems with the boat, which he was unable to fix himself on the sea. He had to stop in Portugal. Just one day later, he set sail once again, with the hope of breaking David Dick’s world record for the youngest person to sail around the world.

Michael met many challenges along the way, including rough seas and knock-downs in the Southern Ocean, terrible loneliness and fighting storms, but the largest difficulty Michael faced was the boat itself. It caused one problem after another. He celebrated his birthday in March last year among the dolphins in Indian Ocean.

Michael Perham has entered the record books after becoming the youngest person to sail around the world. The teenager already holds the record for being the youngest people to sail across the Atlantic, aged just 14.

Michael Perham plans to create the Sail Michael Fund to encourage young people to take to the water. He is also aiming to take part in the 2020 Olympics.

【1】This passage is most probably taken from .

A.a story bookB.a magazineC.a travel guideD.a film review

【2】How long did it take Michael Perham to complete his world trip?

A.It took 6 days.B.It took 50 days.

C.It took about 9 months.D.It took about 14 months.

【3】Which of the following is WRONG about Michael Perham?

A.He encourages young people to take part in the 2020 Olympics.

B.He is going to set up the Sail Michael Fund for young people.

C.The most difficult problem he faced while sailing was the boat.

D.Two world records for sailing has been held by him so far.

【4】What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Michael Perham started the world trip from Portsmouth.

b. Michael Perham became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic.

c. Michael Perham celebrated his birthday in March last year.

d. Michael Perham became the youngest person to sail around the world.

A.d, a, c, bB.b, c, a, dC.d, a, b, cD.b, a, c, d

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文講述了一位名叫Michael Perham 的年輕人的航海經(jīng)歷，他成為了世界上最年輕的航海周游世界的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

【1】推理判斷題。這篇文章的主人公是Michael Perham，講述了他航海的人生經(jīng)歷，這應(yīng)該是取材于雜志上的，而非故事書、旅行指南或電影評(píng)論，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“He started the world trip on the 15th of November 2016 from Portsmouth, England.”可知他在2016年11月15日開始世界旅行的，根據(jù)“…completing his journey on 7th August, 2017.”可知是在2017年8月7日結(jié)束的，所以花了大概大約九個(gè)月，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Michael Perham plans to create the Sail Michael Fund to encourage young people to take to the water. He is also aiming to take part in the 2020 Olympics.”可知他創(chuàng)辦基金鼓勵(lì)年輕人參與到水上運(yùn)動(dòng)中來，并非是鼓勵(lì)他們參加2020年奧運(yùn)會(huì)，想?yún)⒓訆W運(yùn)會(huì)的是他自己，因此A選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的，B選項(xiàng)是正確的；根據(jù)“…but the largest difficulty Michael faced was the boat itself.”可知他遇到最大的困難是船，因此C選項(xiàng)是正確的；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知，Michael創(chuàng)造了航海環(huán)游世界最年輕的人和橫跨大西洋最年輕的人兩項(xiàng)記錄，因此D選項(xiàng)是正確的。故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。a. Michael Perham從樸茨茅斯開始了世界之旅。b. Michael Perham成為橫跨大西洋航行的最年輕的人c. Michael Perham去年3月慶祝了他的生日d. Michael Perham成為世界上最年輕的航行周游世界的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。根據(jù)“The teenager already holds the record for being the youngest people to sail across the Atlantic, aged just 14.”“這位少年已經(jīng)擁有成為橫跨大西洋航行的最年輕人的記錄，年僅14歲”，這是他14歲的經(jīng)歷，是第一個(gè)事件。然后是在2016年16歲的時(shí)候開啟世界之旅，也就是從樸茨茅斯出發(fā)，這是第二個(gè)事件。然后在航行期間在去年三月在印度洋的海豚群中過了生日，這是第三個(gè)事件。最后，他完成了航行，成為世界上最年輕的航行周游世界的運(yùn)動(dòng)員，這是第四個(gè)事件。所以順序也就是b，a，c，d，故選D。