Question

Fat 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 one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire，England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually，Saunders set up his mind on building up his body，increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18，he ran his first marathon.

 The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland，where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested，Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures，then decided that this would be his future.

　　In 2001，after becoming a skillful skier，Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite，ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit，pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.

　　Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole，and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October，Saunders，27，heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back，a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.

Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

    a. He ran his first marathon.

 b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

　  c. He rode his bike in a forest

.d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

　A. a-c-d-b  B. c-d-a-b  C. a-c-b-d  D. c-a-b-d

The underlined word “exploits” is closest in meaning to______

  A. journeys   B. operations   C.  researches    D. adventures

The story mainly tell us about Saunders that he is______

A. a good instructor at school   B .the best British skier

C. Ridgway’s favorite student   D. a success in sports

Ben Saunders______after he was 15 years old .

  A. become good at most sports.    B. began to build up his body.

  C. made friends with a runner.     D. joined a sports team

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】D

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

解析:

     本文圍繞著在運動方面的經歷展開，從開始不擅長運動到經過努力成功的成為一名滑雪鍵將。

【小題1】排序題。 首先是騎車鍛煉，其次是參加馬拉松，然后在北極滑雪，最后計劃去南極。

【小題2】詞義猜測題。根據第三段最后一句及下文的陳述可知此詞為“冒險”的意思。

【小題3】主旨歸納題。參照大意可知答案。

【小題4】 細節理解題。由第二段可知15歲的生日禮物改變了他，他開始鍛煉身體。