Question

【題目】Have you ever heard the saying “Don’t rest on your laurels”? “Laurels” means the achievements you have already got. The saying means that you shouldn’t be so happy with your achievements（成就）that you’ll no longer try to improve.

As to this saying, Mike Perham has set us a good example. Born in 1992 in Hertfordshire, England, Mike was just 14 when he became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）. You might think the achievements are good enough, but Mike doesn’t think so. At the age of 17，he became the youngest person to sail all by himself around the world on a nine-month voyage(航海). Mike is now 19, and he is still trying his best to break the records and push himself further. For his next try, he plans to fly around the world on his own, making him the first person of all ages to both sail and fly around the world.

Mike wants his achievements to encourage young people to realize their dreams. Since his achievements, he has travelled widely, speaking at schools and youth clubs in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia on the theme of “Live the Dream”.

Amazing Facts:

Mike started sailing when he was seven.

His trans-Atlantic crossing began at Gibraltar and ended in Antigua.

His round-the-world yacht(游艇) was called TotallyMoney.com.

Title: Don’t Rest on Your Laurels

Passage outline	Supporting details
The meaning of the saying	“Don’t rest on your laurels" means that you shouldn’t stop 【1】only because of your achievements.
Amazing facts	At the age of 7, Mike started sailing. At the age of 14，sailing across the Atlantic Ocean made Mike become the 【2】 one who set a record. At the age of 17, Mike had a nine-month voyage of sailing 【3】 around the world.
Present situation	Mike is 19 now. He is trying his best to break the records. His 【4】 to fly round the world by himself will make him the first person to both sail and fly.
The 【5】 of Mike’s achievements	Mike’s speeches give young people courage（勇氣） to realize their dreams.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】improving

【2】youngest

【3】alone

【4】plan/ dream/ hope/ wish

【5】result

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了不要在自己已取得的成就上休息，要繼續(xù)提高自己。并且介紹了馬克這樣一個不斷努力前進的人。他雖然獲得了世界上航行穿過大西洋最年輕的人和世界上獨自航行環(huán)游世界的最年輕的人的稱號，他仍在努力，計劃實現(xiàn)下一個夢想。馬克就是想用他的成就鼓勵人們?nèi)�實現(xiàn)自己的夢想。

【1】根據(jù)文中The saying suggests that you shouldn’t be so satisfied with your achievements that you’ll no longer try to improve.可知這個諺語的意思是不要對自己取得的成就如此滿足，以至于不再努力提高，因此此處是不要停止前進，停止工作。故此處為improving

【2】根據(jù)短文中Mike was just 14 when he became the youngest person to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.可知馬克14歲航行穿過大西洋，創(chuàng)造了世界記錄，成為穿過大西洋最年輕的人，故此處為 youngest。

【3】根據(jù)文中At the age of 17，he became the youngest person to sail all by himself around the world on a nine-month voyage(航海). 可知在他17歲時，他成為世界上最年輕的9個月獨自航行環(huán)游世界的人。故此處用副詞alone。

【4】根據(jù)文中he plans to fly around the world on his own,可知他計劃獨自飛遍世界，故此處指他的計劃，故為plan/dream/ hope/ wish。結(jié)合語境故答案是studies。

【5】根據(jù)文中Mike’s speeches give young people courage to realize their dreams.可知此處指馬克的演講為人們實現(xiàn)自己的夢想帶來夢想，也就是他的成功的結(jié)果，故用名詞result 。