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 Devon-shire, England.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradu-ally, 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 learn-ed about Ridgway's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decid-ed that this would be his future.

　　In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier,Saunders started his first long-distance expe-dition(探險)towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite(凍 瘡), 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 play-mates would not believe the change.

　　Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2 900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

(1) What change 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” (paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to________.

[　　]

A．journeys

B．researches

C．a(chǎn)dventures

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．a(chǎn)cdb

B．cdab

C．a(chǎn)cbd

D．cabd

(4) What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

[　　]

A．He is a 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.

答案：B;C;D;A
解析：

(1) 細節(jié)理解題。短文第二段提到Saunders 15歲時收到了一輛山地車，這輛山地車改變了他。他開始騎車，并決心增強體質(zhì)，加快速度等。

(2) 詞義猜測題。下文中談到他了解關(guān)于北極探險者與冒險的一些事情。由此判斷：exploits 與adventures意義最為接近。

(3) 排序題�？v觀全文可知。

(4) 主旨大意題�？v觀全文Saunders從不喜歡體育運動，到15歲以后，開始騎自行車，參加馬拉松賽跑，獨自到北極去滑雪，并想到南極去滑雪，這一切都表明Saunders在體育方面是成功的。


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