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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A 17-year-old U．S. seaman steered(驾驶) his battered sailboat into a Southern California harbour on Thursday to complete a hard 13-month voyage and become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Zac Sunderland arrived in Marina Del Rey aboard, driving his 36-foot sloop(单桅纵帆船) Intrepid at about 10 a．m. local time.During his 28,000-nautical-mile journey, he braved storms, equipment failures, suspected pirates and narrowly escaped from the crash with freighters(货船)．“It's awesome to be back.” Sunderland, of Thousand Oaks, California, said after he was welcomed home by many well-wishers.
Fewer than 250 people have sailed alone around the globe, with three times that many climbing the peak of Mount Everest, according to the American Sailing Association, which certified Sunderland's achievement.
Sunderland left Marina Del Rey, just south of Los Angeles, on June 14,2008, and celebrated his 17th birthday at sea while off Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
His return was delayed near the end of his voyage when his sloop sustained a broken bulkhead(隔板) in roaring seas off Mexico, forcing him to stop at Puerto Vallarta long enough for his father to fly in to make repairs.Another tense moment occurred in the Indian Ocean off Indonesia, where the Intrepid was approached by a suspected pirate boat.A plane flew overhead and Sunderland climbed onto his deck with a gun to threaten them and then the intruders fled, said Charlie Nobles, executive director of the association.
Sunderland, who remained in satellite telephone contact with his father during the voyage, dumped_the gun before entering Mexican waters, where it is illegal to carry private firearms. He becomes the first person under 18 to sail the globe alone, and the youngest to date.The previous record-holder was David Dicks of Australia, who completed his voyage in November 1996 at age 18.
语篇导读
本文为记叙文，讲述了17岁的美国少年Zac Sunderland驾驶着他的帆船历时13个月，航行28 000海里的故事。
1．When did Sunderland finish his global sailing? A．In June 2009. B．In July 2009.
C．In August 2009. D．In September 2009.
解析 B 数字计算题。根据第一段中的complete a hard 13-month voyage和第四段中的Sunderland left Marina Del Rey…on June 14, 2008可以计算出，Sunderland是在2009年7月完成他长达13个月的环球航海的，故选B项。
2．How many people climbed the peak of Mount Everest according to the data of the American Sailing Association?
A．About 250. C．About 750.
B．About 500. D．About 1,000.
解析 C 数字计算题。根据第三段可知，美国航行协会的数据显示，曾独自驾船环游地球的人不到250个，而登上珠穆朗玛峰顶峰的人数却是它的三倍，故选C项。
3．What can we know from the passage?
A．Zac Sunderland is the first young people who sailed the globe alone. B．Zac Sunderland didn't get in touch with his family during the voyage. C．Zac Sunderland had a gunfight with the pirates.
D．Zac Sunderland had to wait for his father to repair the boat at Puerto Vallarta.
解析 D 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句可知，在Sunderland行至墨西哥附近的海域接近旅途结束的时候，帆船的隔板断了，所以他不得不停靠在瓦亚塔港口，直到他的父亲乘飞机赶到为他修理帆船，故选D项。
4．Which of the following words can replace the underlined word in the sixth paragraph? A．Abandoned. C．Adjusted.
B．Collected. D．Devoted.
解析 A 词义猜测题。根据第六段可知，Sunderland在进入墨西哥水域前把那支枪扔了，因为在那里私带枪支是违法的。abandon遗弃，抛弃；collect收集，募捐；adjust调整；devote致力于，奉献，故选A项。
Ⅱ.完形填空
Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is __1__ to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and __2__ other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the __3__ of someone who acts importantly and proudly.
Down-to-earth persons __4__ be important members of society. __5__ they don't let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not __6__ themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is __7__ to have “his nose in the air”. There is __8__ way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans __9__ another expression that means almost the same as down-to-earth. The
expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good __10__ of reality. He __11__ what is called “common sense”. He may have __12__， but he does not allow them to __13__ his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of __14__ is one who has hid “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose __15__ is not in the real world. __16__， such a dreamer can be brought back to reality. __17__ words from a teacher can usually get a day-dreaming student to put both feet back on the ground. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very __18__ to have both feet on the ground. __19__ we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are down-to-earth, and we act honestly and openly __20__ others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
1．A.pleasant C．common 2．A.meets C．receives 3．A.case C．opposite 4．A.must C．should 5．A.But C．For 6．A.wish C．desire 7．A.said C．asked 8．A.some C．no 9．A.discover C．make
10．A.understanding C．reason 11．A.demands C．has 12．A.fortunes C．achievements 13．A.block
B．sad D．surprising B．welcomes D．accepts B．kind D．example B．may D．will B．So D．And B．expect D．consider B．told D．made B．a D．every B．find D．use B．wish D．expectation B．lacks D．likes B．dreams D．disadvantages B．protect
C．own 14．A.idea C．attitude 15．A.mind C．body 16．A.Always C．However 17．A.Sharp C．No 18．A.possible C．likely 19．A.Though C．When 20．A.towards C．over 语篇导读
D．gain B．people D．person B．life D．head B．Therefore D．Sometimes B．All D．Bad B．probable D．able B．Since D．Unless B．for D．onto
本文为议论文，主要介绍了down-to-earth和both feet on the ground这两种不同的性格的人的特点，最后提倡我们要脚踏实地地生活。
1．解析 A 根据上下文可以推断：遇到脚踏实地的人是一件令人惬意的(pleasant)事情，故选A项。
2．解析 D 根据语境可知，脚踏实地的人很容易与人相处，他们将其他人都视为平等的。accept…as认为……是；把……当作，故选D项。
3．解析 C 根据修饰someone的定语从句的内容可知，这类人与“a down-to-earth person”的性格相反，故选C项。
4．解析 B
“down-to-earth persons”可能(may)是社会上的重要人物。
“down-to-earth”是指人的内在品质，并不是重要人物所特有的，故选B项。
5．解析 A 上一句与下一句构成意义上的转折。他们有可能是重要人物，但(but)不以此自居，故选A项。
6．解析 D 根据语境可知，此处表示他们不认为(consider)自己比别人优秀，故选D项。 7.解析 A 句意：据说那种自以为是的人常常会毫无理由地趾高气扬。be said to do据说；人们说……。其他选项与句意不符，故选A项。
8．解析 C 根据语境可知，此处指一个趾高气扬的人是没(no)办法脚踏实地的，故选C项。
9．解析 D 美国人使用(use)另一种表达方式来表示“down-to-earth”的意思，故选D
项。
10．解析 A 根据常识可知，脚踏实地的人是对现实有很好的认识和理解(understanding)的人，故选A项。
11．解析 C 这类人具备一种被称为“常识”的东西。has与上文的with a good understanding of reality和下文的He may have dreams相对应，故选C项。
12．解析 B 这里的dreams与上文中的reality相对应，说明实际的人有梦想(dream)但不脱离实际，故选B项。
13．解析 A 脚踏实地的人善于把握现实，他们可能有梦想但不会让这些梦想阻碍(block)他们对现实的认知，故选A项。
14．解析 D 上文说的是实际的人，这里是指与之相反的另一类人(person)。后面谓语是单数，故选D项。
15．解析 A 在这里mind是“想法，思维(方法)”的意思，故选A项。
16．解析 D such a dreamer can be brought back to earth这句话中的can(可能会)表推测，故选D项。
17．解析 A 老师一些尖锐的(sharp)话常常能将那些爱做白日梦的学生拉回到现实中来。all和no不合常理；bad words坏话，粗言秽语，不合题意，故选A项。
18．解析 C be likely to do sth很可能做某事。上文提到的“down-to-earth”和“both-feet-on-the-ground”意义相同，故选C项。
19．解析 C 此空的选项与后一句“we are down-to-earth”相对应，故选C项。 20．解析 A 本题考查介词用法，towards意为“向，对”，故选A项。 Ⅲ.语法填空
You might think of Bill Gates as a hard-working founder of Microsoft or a technological genius, but one thing you might not know about him is that he's one of the world's 1.____________(rich) men who has donated billions of dollars and helped the world by creating new inventions 2.____________(constant)．
In 2014 Bill Gates' wife, Melinda Gates, persuaded Bill to quit Microsoft and work 3.____________ her to help what Bill Gates calls the Bottom 2 Billion. The Bottom 2 Billion 4.____________(consist) of a third of the world's population that lives with less than 2 U．S.dollars a day. These people usually live in areas 5.____________ electricity is scarce and disease is far and wide.
One of the 6.____________(solve) to diseases are vaccines, which helps the body defeat the disease. A problem arises with vaccines 7.____________ they need to be kept cold to remain functional. When electricity is rare, it is often very hard to keep refrigerators 8.____________(run). One solution Gates has proposed is something he calls the “Super Thermos”. It's a strong heat-resistant Thermos 9.____________(make) from the same material
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