Unit5 阅读技能突破-真题展示
A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.
Frank Hurley’s pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism—if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.
The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.
As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott’s last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world’s imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.
1. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley
A. They were made last week.
B. They showed undersea sceneries.
C. They were found by a cameraman.
D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.
2. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text
A. Frank Hurley.
B. Ernest Shackleton.
C. Robert Falcon Scott.
D. Caroline Alexander.
3. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage
A. Artistic creation.
B. Scientific research.
C. Money making.
D. Treasure hunting.
【语篇导读】澳大利亚摄影师弗兰克·赫尔利于1914年前往南极并拍摄了一些出色的照片,见证并记录了一次不成功的南极航海之行,多年后这些冰封于失事船体中的照片被发现。
1. D细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句 In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck, by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.可知,赫尔利拍摄的照片记录了一次海难。故选D项。
2. C细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912...可知,罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特是1912年初到达南极的,结合第二段及第四段的内容可知,这四个人中最早到达南极的是罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特。故选C项。
3. C细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的第一句...adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.及倒数第二句... started a business before his 1914voyage to make money ...可知,亚历山大认为1914年的这次航行是为了挣钱。故选C项。
【微技能】细节理解题的解题思路 (1) 根据题目中的关键词(单词或短语)去文章中定位答案所在位置,缩小阅读范围,是一种省时有效的应试方法。所谓关键词一般分为以下几种:①题目中的数字、大写字母/单词、特殊符号等;②简单、具体的词(组),如本题题干中的1914 voyage;③表示因果、转折、对比等的单词、短语或固定表达,如or, neither... nor..., either... or ..., equally, that is to say, as well as, because, therefore, consequently, as a result, on the contrary, while, rather than, instead of, even though等。 (2) 对锁定的内容进行研读,对照选项,选出与之最接近的选项。做此类题目时应忠实于原文上下文及全篇的逻辑关系,不能主观臆断。
【长难句分析】Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.
句式分析:本句为主从复合句。Frank Hurley was hired to make the images为本句的主干部分。a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic作Frank Hurley的同位语,其中who knew the Antarctic为who引导的定语从句,修饰先行词photographer;most of which have never before been published为“介词+which”引导的非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词the images 。
句意:弗兰克·赫尔利是一位自信、有天赋且了解南极的澳大利亚摄影师。他受雇去拍摄照片,而此次拍摄的大部分照片以前从来没有公开过。