2013年1月期末考试英语Ⅱ阅读理解.doc

第三部分：阅读理解（30分）四、阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。（每题2分，共20分）短文理解1?????????????? An Extraordinary Change or Direction??? Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.牋?As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team.牋?She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.牋?She says, 揥hen I decided to do the round- the ?world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race. They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.?牋?Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn抰 prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. 揙ne night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn?t move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time.?牋?By the end of October last year, she had raised more than 50,000 pounds for charity.牋?She says, ?Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it抯 the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.?26. What does the word 揺xtraordinary?mean in the title? ___B___A. very ordinaryB. very unusual and surprisingC. not specialD. extreme27. The sentence ?my husband thought I was bored ?in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt __A______.