5．Two UK teachers，Richard Sears and Nick Gough，have overtaken the record for the longest journey made in a tuk-tuk （a three-wheeled vehicle）．
They have travelled 37，500 kilometres and passed through 37 countries．They p assed the record for a tuk-tuk journey of 37，410 km，set by Germans Susi Bemsel and Daniel Snaider in 2005，while crossing Northern Peru．
The pair，who left London in August，have travelled across deserts and forests．They have also survived close encounters （相遇） with elephants in Uganda and Botswana and an accident in Malaysia．
"Although there have been many testing times，we are happy to have experienced such wonderful places and to have met some truly great people，"Nick said．
Talking about their motivation （動(dòng)機(jī)），Richard said，"The world's leaders have made a promise to achieve primary education worldwide by 2015，but over 57 million primary-aged children are now still out of school．Many more are in school，though they still cannot get better learning opportunities．"
To raise awareness （意識(shí)） of education projects in parts of the world where many kids have no chance to go to school，the pair planned this journey．They have been visiting schools along the route to get to know their needs and invite sponsors（發(fā)起者） through their charity Tuk Tuk Travels．
Their choice of transport was designed to take advantage of its slow-paced，open and friendly nature to unlock different cultures and learn about and from t heir values and struggles （掙扎）．The vehicle itself is eye-catching．
When their tuk-tuk broke down，not for the first time and just 70 kilometres short of the world record mark，the pair had to push the 800-kilogram vehicle for three days to make up the distance．
Having had their tuk-tuk fixed in Chepén，Peru，Richard and Nick are now back on the road．On reaching Chile，they will become the first people to drive a tuk-tuk around the world．
32．The underlined word"overtaken"in Paragraph 1 can be replaced byA．
A．beaten
B．equaled（等于）
C．checked
D．forgotten
33．Which of the following can describe Richard and Nick's journey？D
A．Long but safe．
B．Painful and boring．
C．Comfortable and pleasant．
D．Dangerous but meaningful．
34．The main purpose of Richard and Nick's tuk-tuk tour is toD．
A．raise money to buy more tuk-tuks for poor people
B．test the tuk-tuk's slow-paced，open and friendly nature
C．become the first people to drive a tuk-tuk around the world
D．tell more people about the importance of education and help them
35．The text is most probablyD．
A．a(chǎn) travel guide
B．a(chǎn) personal diary
C．a(chǎn)n advertisement
D．a(chǎn) newspaper report．
分析 本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道．報(bào)道了兩位老師的旅行記錄以及目的，兩位老師旅行的目的是告訴更多的人關(guān)于教育的重要性．
解答 ADDD
32．A 考查詞意猜測(cè)．根據(jù)后面的描述"They have travelled 37，500 kilometres and passed through 37 countries"可知，他們打破了最長的旅途記錄．所以該詞可以用"打敗"來替代．故選A．
33．D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解．根據(jù)"Although there have been many testing times，we are happy to have experienced such wonderful places and to have met some truly great people"可知，他們的旅途是危險(xiǎn)的，但很有意義．故選D．
34．D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解．根據(jù)"To raise awareness （意識(shí)） of education projects in parts of the world where many kids have no chance to go to school，the pair planned this journey"可知，兩位老師旅行的目的是告訴更多的人關(guān)于教育的重要性并幫助他們．故選D．
35．D 考查文章題材．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文報(bào)道了兩位老師的旅行記錄以及目的．可知本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道．故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
