Question

【題目】

It could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton the moment his ship, the Endurance, become hopelessly locked in ice on its way to Antarctica in January 1915. For ten months the 28 men aboard Shackleton’s ship waited and prayed for ice to break. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leaving the crew homeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’s most dangerous environments.

In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the cold waters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreaker straight away from the nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free. The tour company’s spokesperson spun the potential disaster as a value-added reward in extreme travel. “The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,” she said.

Ever since Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche(雪崩) into public consciousness. Magazines promise “extreme” content, television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world’s greatest adventurous journey. Nowadays more and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would-be adventurer’s passage to Antarctica is the cost---- which typically runs well over $10,000.

Despite very different implications, adventure was just as popular in Shackleton’s time. He has little trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment(招募) notice: “Men wanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”

After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island. Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometers across the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackleton marched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost two years after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked up his crew. “Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,” he remarked earnestly.

【1】We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.

A. the age of adventure began with the ship Endurance trapped in ice

B. Shackleton’s adventure marked the highest point of pure exploration

C. the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped in ice

D. Shackleton’s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration was approaching

【2】The word “spun” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_______”.

A. summed up B. judged C. boasted about D. referred to

【3】Since Jon Krakauer’s book was published _______.

A. the media have got interested in the topic of adventure

B. the costs of extreme travel have gone up

C. Everest has got its name known to Europe

D. people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches

【4】The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications from today’s in that _______.

A. Shackleton’s adventure lasted longer then any other adventure nowadays

B. no one was missing during Shackleton’s adventure

C. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventure

D. Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easily

Answer 1

【答案】his recruitment(招募) notice “Small wages．Bitter cold．Long months of complete darkness ．Constant danger．Safe return doubtful” C選項. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventures關鍵詞notice 的內容和entirely for the sake of adventure

【解析】 本文介紹了沙克爾頓爵士的冒險活動，他熱愛冒險，不畏困難，引發了一股"冒險熱"

【1】B

理解推斷題．由第一句It could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton the moment his ship，可以說沙克爾頓爵士的冒險時代在珠峰時達到頂峰，分析選項，可知B選項正確．

【2】B

詞義推測題．由后面 “the potential disaster as a value-added reward in extreme travel”，把這個潛在的災難看做有附加值回報的極端的旅行，可知這句話是在評價（judged）這次經歷，故選B．

【3】A

理解推斷題．由第三段“Magazines promise"extreme"content，television，offers adventure programs，and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world's greatest adventurous journey”。雜志承諾有"極端"的內容，電視提供探險項目，越來越多的集體迷戀冒險，產生了流動賬戶來發布世界上最偉大的冒險旅程，可知媒體對于冒險話題十分感興趣，故選A

【4】C

【解題剖析】此題屬于推理判斷題中的（4）根據事實細節，推斷合理信息。答案需要從文章的his recruitment(招募) notice “Small wages．Bitter cold．Long months of complete darkness ．Constant danger．Safe return doubtful”. 進行推斷。

【答案定位】根據．由倒數第二段中的his recruitment(招募) notice “Small wages．Bitter cold．Long months of complete darkness ．Constant danger．Safe return doubtful” 句意：他的招募布告說這種冒險是“工資少；刺骨的寒冷；漫長的黑夜；不斷的危險；安全返回可疑”。分析他的冒險招募布告里說 的內容，可知他單純是為了在艱苦條件下進行冒險活動而冒險。【推理關系】題干The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications from today’s in that _______.文章內容his recruitment(招募) notice “Small wages．Bitter cold．Long months of complete darkness ．Constant danger．Safe return doubtful”