首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who is running round the world. Eight paragraphs have been removed from th
You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who is running round the world. Eight paragraphs have been removed from th
admin
2010-12-18
102
问题
You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who is running round the world. Eight paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-I the one which fits each gap (16-22). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
The Runningman
Bryan Green, a 32-year old from London, calls himself the "Runningman". He runs and keeps on running through towns, cities, up mountains and across rivers. Green has set his sights on running round the world.
He then flew to the north of Japan and ran to Osaka in the south. In Australia he ran from Perth to Sydney, and then he began in the Americas, bringing his current total to 23 countries, 45,000 kilometres and 30 pairs of trainers.
【B1】______
When I met Green in Rio, he had just run 70 kilometres, his daily average. He was holding in one hand a two-litre bottle of fizzy juice and in the other a piece of paper that he needed someone to sign, to confirm the time al which he had arrived.
【B2】______
He travels light, carrying with him less than many people take to work. In his backpack he has a palmtop computer, a digital video camera, a Nikon 35mm camera, a rnap, a loo[hbrush and one change of clothes.
【B3】______
"The original idea was just to see the world," he told me. "But, as I soon realised, I could make myself a future. I have learnt how to make money out of what [ do." He started off with£20 in his pocket and estimates that he has earned about E 60,000 so far.
【B4】______
And there is something of the explorer about him. "Of course, I’ve found some places easier than others," he says.
【B5】______
At one point on that stage of the journey, Green got lost and was unable to find enough to eat. But generally he has been lucky with his health: he has not been injured and has never fallen ill.
【B6】______
He speaks no language apart from English and, with no space for a dictionary, has a plastic- covered sheet of A4 paper with a dozen use, fid phrases in various languages. Over dinner he is keen to talk about the Amazon jungle.
【B7】______
However, perhaps the point of a run like Green’s is not to indulge in proper preparation. Its beauty is in the improvisation. "I don’t really analyse the run any more, I just do it," he says.
A I did it for him. Even though he akeady holds the world long-distance running record, he still needs to continue proving he is keeping up a reasonable running speed.
B He has not yet sorted out a route and appears surprised when I tell him that there are no proper roads across it, as local people prefer to use the rivers instead.
C He’s done this by selling his story to journalists. He is very aware that he is a marketable product.
D He has learned that you must take only what you will use. He has no medical supplies and no proper waterproofs.
E Apart from the day in south Australia where it was 45℃ in the shade and he collapsed, Australia is, he says, perfect running country. This compares to his experiences in temperatures of—30℃ in parts of Asia.
F Next week he heads off north, towards the Amazon, hoping to run to New York. After that, he just has to take care of Africa and Antarctica.
G So he is a touchingly solitary figure. He is too mobile to be able to make many friends, although he did meet someone in Australia who cycled next to him for 600 kilometres.
H Fortunately, the cold and the rain don’t seem to bother him. It is partly his strength of character that made him refuse to take health insurance.
I The Runningman recently arrived in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil via a roundabout route: he left London four years ago and ran through Europe to China.
【B7】______
选项
答案
B
解析
上文中谈到,在晚饭时他热切地要谈论亚马逊大森林“Over dinner he is keen to talk about the Amazon jungle”.B段描写我告诉他这里还没有一条穿越亚马逊丛林的公路,“…there are no proper roads across it,这里的“it”是上下两段内容的契合点与连接点,是该选择的一条语言逻辑线索。我们还可以在原文最后一段找到第二条线索来进一步核实该项选择的正确性。原文最后一段中又谈到,像他这种旅行的魅力就在于它的即兴性,无需过多的准备。”…not to indulge in proper preparation.Its beauty is in the improvisation.”这段内容进一步阐述旅行路线不重要。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/0F2d777K
本试题收录于:
BETS三级笔试题库北京英语水平考试(BETS)分类
0
BETS三级笔试
北京英语水平考试(BETS)
相关试题推荐
Therehavebeenmanytechnologicaldevelopmentsinthe20thcentury,forexample,computersandelectricpower.Chooseeitherof
Somepeopleholdthatoldpeopleshouldbetakencareathome,whileothersthinktheyshouldbeplacedinoldpeople’shouse.W
Itisnaturalforyoungpeopletobecriticaloftheirparentsattimesandtoblamethemforthemostofthemisunderstandings
TheplaceisalovelymeadowsurroundedbydeepwoodsonahilltopoverlookingabeautifullakeintheCatskillMountains120mi
1.Workingparentsandteachersseeafter-schoolprogramsnolongerasoptional,butasanessentialsupportforchildrenasthe
PUTTINGONASTAGESHOWTheopeningnightofastageshowmeansexcitement andglamour.EXCITEOftenitalso
PUTTINGONASTAGESHOWTheopeningnightofastageshowmeansexcitement andglamour.EXCITEOftenitalso
PUTTINGONASTAGESHOWTheopeningnightofastageshowmeansexcitement andglamour.EXCITEOftenitalso
Youwillneedtotakeaheavysweaterorjacketwithyou.
PushbikePerilLowspeedbicyclecrashescanbadlyinjure—orevenkill—childreniftheyfallontotheendsofthehandlebars(车把
随机试题
取得了教师资格就意味着开始享有教师的权利和义务。()
A.代谢性酸中毒B.代谢性碱中毒C.呼吸性酸中毒D.呼吸性碱中毒E.低钙血症pH值升高,碳酸氢根升高,二氧化碳分压正常
关于床速和重建间距的描述,错误的是
A、评估老年人家庭需求B、新生儿访视C、慢性病人访视D、发生家庭暴力的家庭访视E、临终病人访视属于预防保健性家庭访视的是()
A.急性心肌梗死B.主动脉夹层C.心绞痛D.肠系膜动脉栓塞E.肺动脉栓塞患者,女,45岁。风湿性心脏病二尖瓣狭窄16年,伴心房颤动近1年,某日做家务时突发下腹部剧烈绞痛,最可能的诊断是
程序性没收、迫缴的范围是:
对涉及施工作业技术活动的基准和依据的技术工作,应由()进行技术复核。
单位和个人在银行开立的人民币存款账户分为()。
【现代共和党主义】
设P(x)在[0,+∞)上非负连续,若y’+P(x)y=0的每一个解y(x)都满足y(x)=0,则P(x)必满足
最新回复
(
0
)