【文章內容簡介】 arrived, the British explorer finished his adventure, being the world39。s second person to plete the solo crossing of the frozen continent.Rudd was not disappointed at being second since he never considered it to be a race. Besides, the 49yearold British Army Captain had a more selfless motive for attempting the feat. He was doing it in memory of his friend Henry Worsley, who had introduced him to polar exploration. The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016. Rudd said, I didn39。t want to get drawn into a race. All that mattered to me was that I pleted it, and that I skied solo and unsupported, carrying the flag with Henry39。s name on it. After spending a few days camping 10 feet away from each other, the two adventurers were picked up by a helicopter to the South Pole scientific research station.（1）What do Colin O39。Brady and Louis Rudd have in mon? A.They became the first explorers to cross Antarctica alone, unaided.B.They became the first adventurers to ski across Antarctica.C.This is the first time that they have arrived at the South pole.D.They crossed Antarctica in honor of their friend Henry Worsley.（2）What do you know about the first leg(第一段賽程) of the race？ A.O39。Brady skied along with Louis Rudd side by side.B.O39。Brady39。s sled with food supplies broke down.C.Louis Rudd lost the tag with Henry39。s name on it.D.O39。Brady fell behind Louis Rudd for the first week.（3）What can we infer about Henry Worsley? A.He used to encourage O39。 Brady to explore the Antarctic.B.He lost his life in a terrible traffic accident in 2016.C.He died while he was attempting to cross the Antarctic alone.D.He helped Louis Rudd plete the historic adventure.（4）How did the two adventurers return to the South Pole scientific research station? A.On foot.B.By air.C.By land.D.By water.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，兩個冒險家在無人幫助的情況下獨自滑雪穿越南極大陸，但是兩個人的目的不同。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“A thrilling polar petition between two adventurers to cross Antarctica alone, unsupported and unassisted had a happy ending with both explorers achieving the unprecedented feat (功績).”以及“with the aim to bee the first person to ski across the remote continent alone.”可知，兩人的目標都是成為滑雪穿越南極洲的第一人，并且兩人都獲得成功，這是他們的共同之處，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, O39。Brady caught up with Rudd on November10”以及第一段可知，他們于11月3日出發(fā)，O39。Brady趕上Louis Rudd是11月10日，可以得出，Louis Rudd領先時間為一周，故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016.”可知，Worsley在2016年獨自穿越南極洲的時候遇難，故選C。 （4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“After spending a few days camping 10 feet away from each other, the two adventurers were picked up by a helicopter to the South Pole scientific research station”可知，最后兩人被直升飛機帶去的南極科考站，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office puter. Your password has expired(過期), a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it. Coming up with a new code doesn39。t seem like a big deal, unless you work at my pany, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one symbol, and one numeral. Oh, and the whole darn thing can39。t be fewer than eight characters. And I can39。t use any of the same passwords I39。ve used in the past three months. Suddenly I was furious. What didn39。t make it any better was that I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was all I thought about. Every day. My anger didn39。t mean anything to the empty input field with a pulsating cursor (閃動的光標), waiting for me to type a password that I39。d have to reenter — many times — for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip I39。d heard from my former boss. He39。d said, I39。m going to use a password to change my life. I couldn39。t focus on getting things done in my current mood. There were clear indicators of what I needed to do to regain control of my life, but I couldn39。t notice them. My password became the indicator. My password reminded me that I shouldn39。t let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it. I made my password Forgive@h3r. I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my puter would lock. Each time my screen saver with her photo would appear. Each time I would e back from eating lunch alone. In my mind, I wrote Forgive her every day. The simple action changed the way I looked at my exwife. That constant reminder of reconciliation led me to accept the way things had happened at the end of my marriage and embrace a new way of dealing with my depression. As the month wore on, I felt a slow healing begin to take place. By the time my server prompted me to reset my password the following month, I felt free. One month later, my dear Exchange server asked me yet again to reset my password. I thought about the next thing that I had to get done. My password became Quit@smoking4ever. I quit smoking overnight. This password was a painful one to type during that month, but doing it helped me to yell at myself in my mind as I typed that statement. It motivated me to follow my monthly goal. One month later, my password became Save4trip@thailand. Guess where I went three months later: Thailand. Seeing how these reminders helped to materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited. While it39。s sometimes difficult to e up with your next goal, keeping at it brings great results. Here is a simplified extract of what some of my passwords have been in the past two years, so you get an idea of how my life has changed, thanks to this method: Forgive@h3r To my exwife, who started it all. Quit@smoking4ever it worked. Save4trip@thailand it worked. Eat2t