2.An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore(海岸) for the first time in nearly nine months,announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop.
David Dicks,18,left Perth on the 10-metre sailing boat On February 26th,1996.He returned with a warm hero's welcome,cheered by thousands on the shore and greeted by about 200other boats.
At the age of 17 when he started out,the teenager's voyage(航海) gave him his first look ever at snow when he rounded Cape Horn.
Strong winds in the Pacific broke his mast in May,but he kept going until he could borrow a tool from the British Royal Navy to fix it.
"David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five,inspired by a family friend who did it three times,"his mother Patricia Dicks said.
"Once he started making plans to do it,I never doubted that he would,"she said.
In September,20-year-old Brain"BJ"Caldwell Jr.landed a 26sloop(單桅帆船) in Hawaii and asked for the title of the youngest sailor circling the world.His asking was admitted by the World Sailing Commission.
Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham,who set out in 1965 at the age of 16.
Graham took five years to complete the trip,stopping off along the way to get married.But David asked for the nonstop voyages.
53.David Dicks is theD.
A.faster solo sailor circling the globe.
B.faster sailor circling the globe nonstop
C.youngest solo sailor circling the earth.
D.youngest solo sailor circling the earth nonstop.
54.Robert Lee GrahamA.
A.was accepted by the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest solo sailor
B.was accepted as the youngest but greatest sailor.
C.first thought about sailing when he was five years old.
D.traveled around the world faster than Brian"BJ"Caldwell Jr.
55.We may infer from the text thatC.
A.David took the place of Robert in the Guinness Book of Records
B.David had never left his hometown before the trip
C.David is a determined person
D.His mother herself took three sailing trips.
分析 本文介紹了David Dicks一個澳大利少年在近九個月內第一次登上海岸,宣布成為最年輕的獨自一人繞地球一圈的記錄的故事.介紹了他從小的夢想以及在17歲的時候開始他的航海計劃,他的母親說他在5歲的時候就有環(huán)游世界的夢想,并且他相信自兒子一定會成功.并且David要求不間斷的航海,獲得了很多成績的故事.
解答 53.D 細節(jié)理解題.由第一段中"An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore(海岸) for the first time in nearly nine months,announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop."一個澳大利亞青年人用將近九個月的時間穿越海岸,宣告成為最年輕的獨自一人不間斷繞地球一圈的記錄.故選D
54.A 細節(jié)分析題.由最后一段"Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham"澳大利亞新聞報道獲得 吉尼斯世界紀錄的最新記錄者是American Robert Lee.所以選擇A
55.C.理解推斷題.根據(jù)文中"David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five,inspired by a family friend who did it three times,"his mother Patricia Dicks said."Once he started making plans to do it,I never doubted that he would,"she said"通過母親的敘述來表示母親對兒子沒有懷疑,她相信兒子可以做到,從而在側面反映出David是一個很有決心的人.所以選C
點評 本文是一篇介紹航海探險家的人物傳記,前兩題只需仔細閱讀課文即可選出正確答案,最后一題需要在閱讀后加以理解并推斷就可做出.