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1、2015年职称英语考试综合类教材新增文章1阅读判断2014-12-15 好学教育我要报班职称英语考试交流群：303429290 第三篇AcrosstheDeserts TheSaharaDesertisthelargestdesertintheworld.ItstretchesacrossAfricafromSenegaltoEgypt.TheSaharaDesertisanunfriendlyenvironment.Duringthedayit'sveryhot,andatnightit’ssometimesverycold.Itisalsodifficultto
2、findwaterintheSahara. In2006,KevinLin,RayZahab,andCharlieEngledecidedtodosomethingverydifficult.TheymadethedecisiontorunacrosstheSaharaDesert4,300miles(6,920km).Itseemedimpossibletodo,buttheywantedtotry.Thethreemenlikedtotestthemselves,andthiswouldbeaverybigtest. OnthemorningofNovember
3、2,Kevin,Ray,andCharliestartedtheirtripacrosstheSahara.Everymorningtheybeganrunningat5:00.At11a.m.theystoppedandresteduntil5p.m.Thentheyranagainuntil9:30intheevening.Eachdaytheyranabout40miles(64km).Everydayitwasthesamething.Theygotupandran.TheylistenedtomusicontheiriPods,andtheyranandran
4、. Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededtoeatalotoffoodduringtheirtrip.Mostpeopleneedabout2,000caloriesoffoodeachday.Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededbetween6,000and9,000calorieseveryday.That'salotoffood!Theyalsoneededtodrinkalotofwater. Thethreemenhadsomeproblemsontheirtrip,andmanytimestheywantedtoquita
5、ndgohome.Itwasoftenveryhot(140°F/60°C)duringtheday,andtheheatmadethemsick.Theirlegsandfeethurt.Sometimesitwasverywindy,andtheycouldn'tsee.Onetimetheygotlost.Buttheydidn'tquit.After111days,Kevin,Ray;andCharliesuccessfullyfinishedtheirtripacrosstheSaharaDesert.Theyhuggedeachotherandputthei
6、rhandsinthewateroftheRedSea.Thentheyrantoahoteltotakealongshower. 词汇： stretchv.延伸，伸展 calorien.卡(路里)，小卡，大卡 quitv.停止，放 注释： 1....madethedecisiontorunacross...：......决正跑步横跨...... 练习： 1.It’snotalwayshotmtheSaharaDesert. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 2.Eachdaythemenranforapproximatelyeig
7、hthours. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 3.Inthemiddleoftheday:themenusuallystoppedrunning. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 4.Theysometimesfeltsickbecauseitwassohot. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 5.Sometimestheycouldn'tseetheroadbecauseitwaswindy. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 6.Luck
