Question

Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60 days on a small island in the Atlantic.

Tom McClean, an SAS soldier who holds the solo record for occupying(占領(lǐng)) Rockall for 40 days in 1985, told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face.

“I’m fully expecting it to be tough,” Nick Hancock said. “I’m hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly, I’m going to be able to keep most of my time busy. I think the worst times will come if I’m boxed up for several days by bad weather.”

Hancock hopes to land on Rockall in early June and will carry out the last tests of his boat next week. He has a small wind turbine(風(fēng)電機(jī)) and a solar panel for power, more than two months’ food, a satellite phone and a laptop loaded with e-books to keep him going. Hancock will update an adventure blog, texting messages out on Twitter and emailing his wife Pam and friends every day.

Rockall has been occupied before, most famously by McClean but also by three Greenpeace campaigners, who set the long-stay record of 42 days in 1997 by occupying the rock in protest at oil and gas exploration in the area.

The last human inhabitants Hancock knows of are a small group of Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts, who are interested in broadcasting from distant islands; they were on Rockall overnight in late 2010.

Hancock has no large support team behind him. Except for the coastguard（海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)）, his only lifeline will be the Orca III, the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall.

1.Nick Hancock’s main goal is to ______.

A. protest at oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic

B. show his ability to adapt himself to bad conditions

C. prove broadcasting from distant islands can be possible

D. challenge the previous record of living alone on Rockall

2.According to Tom McClean, the biggest challenge Hancock would meet was_____.

A. loneliness B. bad weather

C. lack of food D. communication

3.To keep his time busy on Rockall, Hancock will_____.

A. do his daily tasks slowly

B. write a book

C. think of his wife

D. surf online

4.How will Hancock get to Rockall?

A. On the coastguard’s boat

B. On a passenger boat

C. On his own plane

D. On a passenger plane

5.We can learn from the passage that_______.

A. Tom McClean was the first person to set foot on Rockall

B. Hancock will rely on his large support team

C. Rockall is not suitable for humans to settle on

D. Hancock was already a famous online writer before making the plan

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇議論文。主要講的是主人公Nick Hancock打算在大西洋的一個(gè)小島上獨(dú)自居住60天來刷新紀(jì)錄。文章介紹了他出發(fā)前的相關(guān)準(zhǔn)備和帶的所需用品。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第一段“Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60 days on a small island in the Atlantic. ”Nick Hancock希望在大西洋的一個(gè)小島上獨(dú)自居住60天來刷新紀(jì)錄，故選D。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第二段“told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face.”告訴他，獨(dú)自一人待二個(gè)月是他要面對的最大的挑戰(zhàn)，故選A。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段“I’m hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly, I’m going to be able to keep most of my time busy.”可知，我希望通過慢一點(diǎn)進(jìn)行我的日常任務(wù)，我能有更多的時(shí)間是忙起來的，故選A。

4. 細(xì)節(jié)題。從最后一段“the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall.”可知，客船將送他到Rockall，故選B。

5. 推斷題。從全文可以推斷出Rockall條件艱苦，不適合人類居住。從第五段“Rockall has been occupied before, most famously by McClean”可知在McClean之前就有人登上過Rockall，故A錯(cuò)；從最后一段“Hancock has no large support team behind him”知B錯(cuò)；D項(xiàng)文章沒有提及。故選C。

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