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
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.D
5.B
【解析】
試題分析：本文敘述了Saunders曾是學校讓人笑話的沒有用的人物，體育項目都不行，可就在他15歲收到了一輛自行車開始，改變了他的人生，他通過騎車強壯了自己的身體，后來遇見了John Ridgway，又在他的學校工作，在那里他讀了關于北極和南極的探險后也激起了他的欲望，從此，就開始了他的探險之路，并且也有所成就。
1.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him.他收到了自行車后徹底改變了他，故選B。
2.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. John Ridgway 劃船過了大西洋，故選D。
3.這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, Saunders曾經(jīng)受Ridgway 的雇傭在蘇格蘭的探險學校工作過，故選A。
4.這是詞義猜測題。Intrigued激起興趣。根據(jù)Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Saunders在讀了關于北極和南極的探險后也激起了他的欲望，故選D。
5.這是推理判斷題。根據(jù)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.他為去北極探險創(chuàng)了記錄，故選B。
考點：這是一篇記敘文。
點評：閱讀理解題中所設置的詞義猜測類題多是對生詞、短語、指示代詞的猜測。一方面，命題者要求考生所猜測的單詞或短語可能是已學過的或是考生較熟悉的，但高考所考查的是不太常見的意思；另一方面命題者要求考生所猜測的單詞或短語可能是考生沒有學過的。此時，對單詞或短語的猜測不要停留在字面上,要根據(jù)語境來判斷。
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