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1、2015届河南省顶级名校高考考前预测（二）英语试题第一部分听力略第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABeforehesailedroundtheworldalone,FrancisChichesterhadalreadysurprisedhisfriendsseveraltimes.Hehadtriedtoflyroundtheworldbutfailed.Thatwasin1931.Theyearspassed.Hegaveu

2、pflyingandbegansailing.Heenjoyeditgreatly.Chichesterwasalready58yearsoldwhenhewonthefirstsolotransatlanticsailingrace.Hisolddreamofgoingroundtheworldcameback,butthistimehewouldsail.Hisfriendsanddoctorsdidnotthinkhecoulddoit,ashehadlungcancer.ButChichesterwasdeterminedtocarryouthisplan.I

3、nAugust1966,attheageofnearly65,anagewhenmanymenretire,hebeganthegreatestvoyageofhislife.Chichestercovered14100milesbeforestoppinginSydney,Australia.Thiswasmorethantwicethedistanceanyonehadpreviouslysailedalone.HearrivedinAustraliaon12December,just107daysoutfromEngland.Hereceivedawarmwel

4、comefromtheAustraliansandfromhisfamilywhohadflowntheretomeethim.Onshore,Chichestercouldnotwalkwithouthelp.Everybodysaidthesamething:hehaddoneenough;hemustnotgoanyfurther.Buthedidnotlisten.AfterrestinginSydneyforafewweeks,Chichestersetoffoncemoreinspiteofhisfriends'attemptstodissuadehim.

5、Thesecondhalfofhisvoyagewasbyfarthemoredangerouspart,duringwhichhesailedroundthetreacherousCapeHorn.AftersucceedinginsailingroundCapeHorn,ChichestersentthefollowingradiomessagetoLondon:"IfeelasifIhadwakenedfromanightmare.WildhorsescouldnotdragmedowntoCapeHornandthatsinisterSouthernOcean

6、again."Justbefore9o'clockonSundayevening28May1967,hearrivedbackinEngland,whereaquarterofamillionpeoplewerewaitingtowelcomehim.QueenElizabethIIknighted(授以爵位)himwiththeveryswordthatQueenElizabethIhadusedalmost400yearsearliertoknightSirFrancisDrakeafterhehadsailedroundtheworldforthefirstti

7、me.ThewholevoyagefromEnglandandbackhadcovered28,500miles.Ithadtakenhimninemonths,ofwhichthesailingtimewas226days.Hehaddonewhathewantedtoaccomplish.21.WhatcanwelearnaboutChichester?A.Hefailedthesolotransatlanticsailingracein1959.B.Hewasabraveanddeterminedman.C.Thesecondhalfofhis