文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。作者参与了一次前往北极海域小岛Jan Mayen的卓迪船探险活动,尽管天气条件不佳且该岛位置偏远、天气多变,访问者寥寥无几,作者仍满怀热情地克服困难,与同伴们一同探索了这个难以抵达的火山岩岛屿。这次经历给予了作者前所未有的生命体验,超越了他原先对旅行可能性的认知。
1 . As a traveler with a disability, I have always avoided cruises. This expedition-style small-ship cruise changed my mind.
When our expedition leader ________ we would make a Zodiac (卓迪船) ________ at Jan Mayen, a tiny island in the Arctic Ocean, I stepped out onto my balcony aboard our ship, ________ to find clear skies and calm seas. ________, I was met with a gust of wet wind and a view of mist-covered mountains in the distance. Jan Mayen wasn’t on our itinerary (行程), and due to its ________ location and often unpredictable weather, very few people ever ________ the island. I knew the ________ weren’t ideal, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me.
In fact, the possibility of ________ adventures was one of the reasons I chose this small-ship cruise. So I ________ joined my shipmates in the mud room, where we put on waterproof clothes and life jackets before hopping in the Zodiacs for a bumpy ________ to a black-sand beach. Even the fierce wind and rain couldn’t ________ our excitement as we ________ our way to the beach and hiked to a viewpoint, pausing to photograph little purple flowers ________ the volcanic rocks.
Our visit there wasn’t about what we could do or see. It was an opportunity to just be—to exist in a brief ________ on a tiny, often inaccessible, volcanic rock in the Arctic. And that’s something I never thought I’d ________ in my lifetime.
1. A.knew | B.announced | C.remembered | D.replied |
2. A.living | B.return | C.landing | D.mark |
3. A.failing | B.choosing | C.struggling | D.hoping |
4. A.Instead | B.Finally | C.Thus | D.Otherwise |
5. A.strategic | B.remote | C.favorable | D.central |
6. A.set foot on | B.fell victim to | C.kept track of | D.gained control of |
7. A.constructions | B.conditions | C.descriptions | D.distributions |
8. A.unwanted | B.unsecured | C.unplanned | D.unauthorized |
9. A.mistakenly | B.nervously | C.routinely | D.happily |
10. A.walk | B.flight | C.ride | D.path |
11. A.dampen | B.share | C.convey | D.fuel |
12. A.changed | B.lost | C.fought | D.made |
13. A.in response to | B.in view of | C.in contrast to | D.in defense of |
14. A.moment | B.experiment | C.glance | D.ceremony |
15. A.value | B.need | C.miss | D.experience |