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练12兴趣与爱好(语境提能)》
,对应答案P181
I.阅读理解
that had been "unreached and unseen by
(深圳调研)As a boy,I wanted to go to the
humans"."With a view over shining lands
South Pole.As a teenager,I decided I'd like to
covered by ice-sheets of inconceivable extent,
go to the North Pole,too.And yet,I haven't
you have the feeling of living over the control of
done either.It had taken me 31 years to just
death,"said Fridtjof Nansen,a Norwegian
make it to the Arctic.
explorer.
I was traveling with a film crew from
On the homeward journey the weather
Northern Ireland,following the footsteps of
turned and we were left for a few days at the
Lord Dufferin who,in the 1850s,sailed from
mercy of a storm.We experienced a small taste
Scotland to the Arctic.As an early adventure
of helplessness when faced with the raw power
tourist,he was driven by the desire to see what
of nature.We should be grateful for the great
lay at the ends of the world.
explorers'spirit and stories,I know I am.
1.Why did the author begin his adventure tour?
As we sailed north,icebergs of the size of
A.To assist a film crew.
buses floated past our small boat.Finally,we
B.To realize a childhood dream.
reached our destination-English Bay,where
C.To memorize Lord Dufferin.
Dufferin landed-and stepped off onto the
D.To challenge a world record.
horseshoe-shaped beach.
2.Which of the
following best
explains
This was what I'd dreamt of:standing
“inconceivable'”underlined in Paragraph 7?
somewhere so pure and primitive.However,for
A.Hard to control.
many early polar explorers,the results were far
B.Too far to reach.
less pleasant.The south,in particular,was a
C.Hard to imagine.
source of extreme danger.
D.Too bright to view.
My childhood interest in the South Pole was
3.What happened during the writer's journey?
fueled by the unsuccessful yet heroic adventures
A.They were trapped in icebergs.
of Ernest Shackleton.He died in 1922 while
B.They were kept off the destination.
preparing for his fourth adventure.The stories
C.T