新视野视听说教程第二册quiz

Kunst, was the first person to walk around the world. He wore out twenty-one pairs of shoes on his trip! The first airplane flight around the world took place in 1924, completed by Lt. Lowell H. Smith and five other American pilots, and the first solo helicopter flight around the world was done by an Australian explorer, Dick Smith, in 1982-1983. As for a nonstop balloon flight all the way around the world, this wasn't completed until 2002, when Steve Fossett eventually succeeded after many attempts.

6. What was the theory that the earth was round based on?

A. You would eventually come to the edge of the world.

B. You would eventually come to the edge of the ocean.

C. You would eventually come back to where you started.

D. You would eventually come back to where you ended.

7. Everyone went on a journey around the world except ________.

A. Ferdinand Magellan

B. Jules Verne

C. Nellie Bly

D. Steve Fossettt

8. What did Jules Verne and Nellie Bly have in common?

A. They both travelled around the world.

B. They were both American.

C. They both wrote about traveling around the world.

D. They were both journalists.

9. Which is the significance of David Kunst's journey?

A. He wore out a lot of shoes.

B. He took four years to complete it.

C. He traveled through twenty-one countries.

D. He set a world record by walking around the world.

10. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The history of travelling around the world.

B. The comparison of travelling.

C. The heroes of world travelling.

D. The discovery of the world.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

The Tour de France (环法自行车赛) is the most famous cycling race in the world. The race, which is held in July every year, consists of twenty one-day stages, plus several rest days. The course follows a clockwise route around France and often neighboring countries. The winner is the rider who completes all twenty stages of the race in the shortest overall time. The Tour de France first started on July 1, 1903, when sixty cyclists left outside of Paris and rode 467 kilometers to Lyon