文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述Francis Chichester喜欢环游世界。他曾环球试图飞行,但失败了;赢得了第一个帆船横渡大西洋;即使在身患癌症时。在将近65岁时开始了一生中最了不起的航程,独自一人航海到好望角,最终被伊丽莎白女王二授予他一把非常珍贵的剑。
1 . Before he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to ______ round the world but failed. That was in 1931.
The years passed. He ______ flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo ______ race across the Atlantic. His ______ dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors thought it was a(an)______ attempt, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to ______ his plan. In August, 1966, at the age of nearly 65, an age at which many men ______, he began his greatest ______ of his life.
Chichester covered 14,100 miles ______ stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed ______. On shore, he could not walk ______ help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done ______; he must not go any further.______ he did not listen.
After ______ in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of lots of ______. The second half of his voyage was by far the more ______ part, during which he sailed round the risky Cape Horn. After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London: “I feel as if I had waken up from a nightmare (噩梦). Even a wild horse could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that Ocean ______.”
Just before 9 o'clock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967, he arrived ______ in England, where tens of thousands of people were waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ honored him with a very valuable sword. The whole voyage from ______ and back had covered 28,500 miles. It had taken him nine ______, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.
1. 2. A.picked up | B.gave up | C.lifted up | D.made up |
3. A.sailing | B.flying | C.horsing | D.running |
4. A.new | B.horrible | C.ambitious | D.old |
5. A.crazy | B.reasonable | C.acceptable | D.hopeless |
6. A.find out | B.put forward | C.carry out | D.bring out |
7. A.settle down | B.retire | C.go sightseeing | D.entertain |
8. A.work | B.flight | C.task | D.voyage |
9. A.after | B.before | C.until | D.since |
10. A.together | B.happily | C.alone | D.successfully |
11. A.without | B.for | C.with | D.beyond |
12. A.little | B.all | C.much | D.enough |
13. A.Even though | B.Otherwise | C.But | D.So that |
14. A.planning | B.working | C.resting | D.sailing |
15. A.help | B.preparations | C.discussion. | D.objections |
16. A.rainy | B.dangerous | C.interesting | D.comfortable |
17. A.again | B.then | C.finally | D.quickly |
18. A.forward | B.back | C.shortly | D.opposite |
19. A.England | B.America | C.France | D.Australia |
20. A.seasons | B.weeks | C.years | D.months |