Question

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless,”he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At fist he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then be began to ride the bike along with a runner friend, Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland where he learned about Ridgeway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮)，ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled (雪橇) up and over rocky ice.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilornetre journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.What changes happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

A．He became good at most sports.        B．He began to build up his body.

C．He joined a sports team.              D．He made friends with a runner.

2.The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph3) is closest in meaning to       .

A. journeys                      B. researches

C. adventures                    D. operations

3.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

A. He ran his first marathon.         B. He skied alone in the North Pole.

C. He rode his bike in a forest.       D. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

A．acdb          B．cdab       C．adbd         D．cabd

4.What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A．He is success in sports.            B．He is the best British skier. 

C．He is Ridgway’s favorite student.    D．He is a good instructor at school.

Answer

1.B 

【解析】由第二段第三行可得知。

【考点】细节理解题 

2.C

【解析】由学校的名字Ridgway’s School of Adventure及第三段最后一句可得知。

【考点】词义猜测题

3.D

【解析】首先自己排列，然后再与短文进行对照。四件事情其实是按时间先后顺序排列的。

【考点】综合搭配题（排序题） 

4.A 

【解析】B、C 、D 都比较片面，在文中都有提到。只有A最全面，最具有概括性。

【考点】主旨大意题 

本文是一篇记叙文。主要描写了一个又胖又害羞的英国男孩Ben Saunders    ，刚开始对球类运动不感兴趣，后来经过朋友的帮助和自己的努力，最终取得成功的故事。