10.Big storms.High waves.Technical failures.Loneliness.After battling hard times and danger for over nine months,British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland,the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.
The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions.Mike insisted they were not rival."No.It's two teenagers going out there,living their dream and having the adventure of a life time."he said.
Mike may be young,but he is no stranger to sailing adventures.He picked up the hobby at age 6when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake.Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14,making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo.That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.
On the recent journey,the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
"We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90degrees,"he said.
"It felt like I was going right over.Stuff was flying around and I just thought‘Oh no'."
At other times,he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems.He tied himself to the boat,jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives underneath the boat to cut a rope away.
Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true."You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it,"he said.

56.Which canal did Mike Perham cross?(No more than 3words)thePanamaCanal.
57.What does the underlined word"taste"in the fifth paragraph mean?(1word)Experience.
58.What did Mike believe in?(No more than 10words)Having confidence in yourself will make you successful..
59.What's the main idea of the passage?(No more than 15words)How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person..
60.What do you think of Mike Perham?(No more than 10words)He is brave and self-confident..

分析 文章講述了一個17歲的英國青年人Mike Perham獨自完成環(huán)球航行的事跡.在環(huán)球航行期間,Mike常常要與大型風暴,巨浪,孤獨以及技術(shù)上的失敗作斗爭;他還遇到過很多危險,例如,在南印度洋航行時,他就面臨極大的生命挑戰(zhàn);還有一次,他不得不冒著危險潛入到太平洋,去割斷帆船下面的繩索.但是,邁克為實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想而感到自豪,他說,"只要對自己有信心,就能夠獲得成功."

解答 答案:56.The Panama Canal.細節(jié)理解題 該題問的是邁克渡過了那一條運河?根據(jù)第二段"The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal…在他駛出了巴拿馬運河后,這個17歲的年輕人創(chuàng)造了記錄."可知,是巴拿馬運河,故填The Panama Canal.
57.Experience.細節(jié)理解題 該題是找出能夠解釋第五段中下劃線單詞taste(滋味,體驗)意思的單詞.根據(jù)該段"That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge."可知,Mike的這次航行為今后經(jīng)歷更大的挑戰(zhàn)積累了經(jīng)驗.其中"That record"指上文提到的邁克14歲時,他和父親用各自的船只橫渡大西洋這件事情.故填Experience
58.Having confidence in yourself will make you successful.細節(jié)理解題 該題考查的是麥克的信條是什么?根據(jù)文中最后一句邁克說,"You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it."可知,"只要對自己有信心,就能夠獲得成功."故填Having confidence in yourselves will make you successful.
59.How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person.主旨大意題 該題需要概括出本文的主題思想.做此類題時需要通讀全文,找出文章的中心段或用自己的話概括出它的中心思想,這里根據(jù)第一段"British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (單獨) around the world."可知,文章講述的是,一個英國青年如何能夠成功地獨立完成環(huán)球航行的故事.故填How a British teenager succeeded in sailing solo around the world as the youngest person.
60.He is successful for his self-confidence and bravery. 主旨大意題 你認為邁克是個什么樣的人?通過閱讀Mike成功的歷程以及他個人總結(jié)的成功經(jīng)驗進行概括,答案并不是唯一的,但是注意不能超過10個字.故可以填He is successful for his self-confidence and bravery.

點評 做人物故事類閱讀理解題時,首先要通讀全文,概括出文章的中心思想,即文中講述了怎樣一個人,意圖向讀者傳遞了什么信息,贊揚了一種什么精神等;另外就是要抓住細節(jié)反復閱讀,仔細推敲所考查的細節(jié)理解題.在概括答案時不能超過規(guī)定的字數(shù).

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