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UNIT5课时跟踪检测(二)
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Four years later,he returned to Marathon des
The Marathon des Sables is considered by many Sables and successfully conquered the route which
people to be the hardest foot competition on the nearly killed him.He had since run more than eight
planet.It's a six-day,156-mile marathon held in the desert marathons,and planned to run 7,000km
Sahara desert in southern Morocco,where only the
(4,350 miles)across the Sahara from Agadir (Morocco)
on the Atlantic Ocean to Hurghada,Egypt,on the
craziest runners compete.Mauro Prosperi,a Sicilian
Red Sea.
policeman and Olympic sportsman,decided to take
1.Why is the Marathon des Sables the hardest foot
part in this race,because what else was he going to
competition?
do in Italy?Eat amazing food and stay together with
A.It lasts for at least one week.
beautiful women in the sunshine?
B.Its competitors come from all over the world.
Four days into the race,Prosperi had worked
C.Its competitors must be former Olympic runners.
his way up to the seventh place when a sandstorm
D.It is held in the desert with a longer distance
came.The rules of the race warn that whenever a
covered.
storm hits,runners must stop and wait for help.But:2.After the storm,Prosperi
Prosperi decided to turn a deaf ear to it.He kept on
A.had no water and food left
running.
B.was alone but didn't give up
When the storm died down six hours later,
C.lost his way without a compass
Prosperi found that he was suddenly lost and alone.
D.met a group of women on the eighth day
For the next days,he would have to fight to be alive3.What can we learn about Prosperi from the last
in the desert using only a knife,a compass,a
paragraph?
sleeping bag and some food in his backpack.
A.He went back to meet those women.
B.He ran over eight marathons in desert.
Completely alone in one of the world's largest and
C.He planned to run from Europe to Africa.
most unfriendly deserts,Prosperi had no choice but
D.He went across the Atlantic Ocean succ