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What makes a man spend 22 hours in freezing water or 14 days alone in a hot-air balloon? Adventurer Steve Fossett knows. His tas
What makes a man spend 22 hours in freezing water or 14 days alone in a hot-air balloon? Adventurer Steve Fossett knows. His tas
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2010-10-31
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What makes a man spend 22 hours in freezing water or 14 days alone in a hot-air balloon? Adventurer Steve Fossett knows. His taste for adventure has driven him to set dozens of world records in both aviation (航空) and sailing. For him, it’s the thrill of doing things that have never been done before. He also enjoys testing his own endurance and skills.
Altogether, Fossett has 115 world records and world firsts to his name. His most recent success came in February 2006 when he broke the world’s flight distance record. He traveled more than 26000 miles in 76 hours.
Surprisingly, 62-year-old Fossett is not strong or athletic, but he is very persistent. His efforts to complete the first solo hot-air balloon ride round the world show his determination. He made six attempts over five years and finally succeeded in 2002. Fossett developed his appetite for adventure early. At the age of 11, he started rock climbing. While he was a student at Stanford University, he spent his summers climbing mountains and doing endurance swims throughout Europe.
After graduating from Stanford, Fossett earned a master’s degree in business from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1968, he began making his fortune as a stock trader in Chicago. By the late 1980s, he had become a millionaire. But, he spent his free time participating in endurance sports. In 1990, he finally decided to become a full-time adventurer and a part-time businessman.
Fossett participated in numerous endurance competitions, including skiing, biking, swimming and car racing. But in the mid-1990s, Fossett began to change his focus. Instead of simply finishing races, he wanted to set world records.
Fossett focused on sailing and aviation. He has set 23 official world records in sailing. In April 2004, after 58 days at sea, he and his crew of 12 set the world record for the fastest round-the-world sailing. In aviation, he has established more than 60 world records.
According to the passage, Fossett likes______.
选项
A、doing things fresh
B、spending 22 hours in freezing water
C、testing his strength
D、staying 14 days in a hot-air balloon
答案
A
解析
本题为推理题。本题要求读者根据原文判断Forsett喜欢什么。根据文中所给信息,我们可以得知选项B和C都是他所尝试过的具体运动,但并非以此为自己的爱好,不符合题意。选项C是他做这些事情的目的,而不是他的爱好。选项A的内容可以从他所从事过的种种活动中推出,即“他喜欢做他没有做过的事情”。因此A为正确答案。
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