2024年辽宁省新中考英语试题

2024年辽宁省新中考英语试题 一、阅读单选(共48分) A British student Charlie Condell has become the youngest person to cycle around the world alone. Charlie Condell, 18, decided to celebrate the end of his A-Levels by 28,800 kilometers round-the-world trip in 2018 after his exams finished. The adventurer (冒险家) and cyclist has traveled alone through 20 countries in Asia, Europe, Australia and the U.S. in just nine months. On March 11th, 2019, he finished his challenge. Condell is believed to be the youngest person ever to finish the trip, during which he covered 28,800 kilometers and climbed about 26 mountains. At first he planned to travel just through Europe, doing 10,000 km, which then increased to 28, 800 kilometers. Condell made headlines on the Internet in October 2018 when his bicycle was stolen in Australia. He woke up at a hotel in Queensland to find his carbon-fiber (碳纤维) Cervelo bike had been stolen. Thieves also stole Condell’s passport and other cycling equipment- -at a total value of 4,000 pounds. Condell, from Bristol, used to be a pupil of a famous boarding school Clifton College. He said, “You can never quite believe it. I thought maybe someone had moved it at first. “But then I realized that it was gone and I just had my shirt and my board shorts and one bag.” But local people helped to get Condell back on the road, offering him clothes, accommodation (住处) and a bike. Before Condell, Tom Davies, from London, held the record for the youngest person to cycle the world. He completed the challenge in 2015 at the age of 19 years old. Condell has funded his trip from his savings and he also set up a crowd-funding (众筹) page for people to support him on his bike ride of a lifetime. Let's join it together! 1．(3分)When did Charlie Condell start his trip? A．In 2015. B．In 2017. C．In 2018. D．In 2019. 2．(3分)What would the author write the passage mainly for? A．To lead people to support the youngest cyclist around the world. B．To tell us something about a boarding school student