【2014届高三一轮复习英语精品资料(新课标专用)Book4 Unit4 Word版含解析]

32．A.poor

33．A.picked

34．A.Outside

35．A.reminded B．few B．searched B．Below B．called C．famous C．sought C．Inside C．described D．great D．found D．Above D．pictured Ⅲ.阅读理解(建议用时8′

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Helen Thayer，one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century，loves challenges.She says，

“I like to see what’s on the other side of the hill.” She has gone almost everywhere to do that.

In 1988，at the age of 50，she became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.She pulled her own sled(雪橇) piled with 160 pounds of supplies，and during her trip no one brought her fresh supplies.Accompanied(陪伴) only by her dog Charlie，she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears.In fact，Charlie saved her life when one of them attacked her.Near the end of her trip，a forceful wind blew away the majority of her supplies.The last week of the trip，she survived on a handful of nuts and a little water each day.

Helen goes to challenging places not only for adventure，but also for education.Before her Arctic journey，she started a website called Adventure Classroom.On the site，she shares her adventures in order to motivate(激发) students.She explains，“although kids often see the world in a negative way，without hope for their future，we work to inspire them to set goals，plan for success and never give up...”

Helen grew up in New Zealand.Her parents were athletes and mountain climbers.Following her parents’ example，she climbed her first mountain at ter，she climbed the highest mountains in North and South America，the former USSR and New Zealand.

In 1996，she took on another challenge—the Sahara Desert.She and her husband，Bill，walked 2,400 miles across it！In 2001，she and Bill traveled on foot from west to east through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.They hope to travel in mainland China into Sichuan and Tibet to study pandas this year.

Helen plans to continue taking trips.She’ll use her explorations，writing，photography and environmental work to create programs for her Adventure Classroom website.She wants to inspire her students never to stop facing challenges!

36．We learn from Paragraph 2 that________.

A．Helen Thayer is the first person to reach the North Pole

B．Helen Thayer ate nothing during the last week of her trip

C．Helen Thayer traveled to the North Pole together with her husband

D．Charlie prevented Helen being attacked by polar bears

37．Why does Helen travel to different places worldwide?

A．For fun. B．For education.

C．For money. D．For fame.

38．Why did Helen pick up mountain climbing as a child?

A．She was eager to go on with her adventures.

B．She dreamed of visiting strange land.

C．Her parents instructed her to do so.

D．Her parents had great influence on her.

39．Which of the following places has Helen not visited yet?

A．The North Pole. B．The Sahara Desert.

C．The Gobi Desert. D．Sichuan and Tibet.

40．Which is the best title for the text?