答案:at one time

Ⅳ.语法填空

　　There was a race between Captain Scott,from London and Roald Amundsen,from Norway.Before their journey both teams made 　1　(prepare).Both Scott and Amundsen waited for spring 　2　(anxious).Amundsen was the first 　3　(leave).Because he had dogs 　4　(pull)the sledges he made rapid progress.　5　 14 December Amundsen's team reached the Pole first and put a Norwegian flag there.On 17 January Scott and his team members reached the Pole,but they were 　6　(shock) to see the Norwegian flag.They lost the race!On their return journey,Scott and his members were running out of food and became　7　(exhaust).The weather became terrible,　8　 made the matter even worse.Edgar Evans was seriously ill and died after a bad fall.Captain Oates had great trouble 　9　(walk).Unfortunately Scott also died.He didn't win the race to the Pole,　10　 Scott and his men made them into heroes because of their extraordinary courage.

答案:1.preparations　2.anxiously　3.to leave　4.pulling

5.On　6.shocked　7.exhausted　8.which　9.walking

10.but

Ⅴ.阅读理解

　　Sir Ernest Shackleton was an explorer who was born in southern Ireland,but grew up in London.In 1901 Shackleton got a place on Captain Scott's first Antarctic expedition(探险队)on the Discovery.In 1907,he led his own British Antarctic Expedition on the Nimrod and received a hero's welcome when he returned.

　　After Scott died in 1912,Shackleton chose to tackle the challenge of Antarctica in a different way.He decided he would try to journey across the Antarctic from one side to the other through the South Pole.

　　In 1914,Shackleton led a party on the ship Endurance to cross the Antarctic from one side to the other.On 19 January 1915,Endurance became locked in the ice of the sea.Over the course of the next nine months the ship was gradually destroyed,finally sinking on 27 October.It proved impossible for the 28 men to pull their boats and stores across the frozen sea,so Shackleton camped on the ice and drifted(漂流)with it.

　　Shackleton and his men were cold and exhausted,and weak from the difficulties of the journey.They knew they would not be found and could not all sail further.Therefore,Shackleton and five others left most of the party behind and reached the nearest island where they found help and the whole party survived.

Although the expedition failed because Shackleton did not reach the South Pole,in other ways it was his biggest success.He overcame(战胜)great difficulties to bring his men safely home after the Endurance was trapped and destroyed.

　　On 5 January 1922,Shackleton died of a heart attack.He was on his way to the Antarctic again,on board another ship the Quest.

1.The underlined word "tackle" in the second paragraph probably means 　　　.

A.think of　　　　　　　　　B.turn down

C.talk about D.deal with

提示:根据下文可知沙克尔顿在斯科特死后继续了他的极地探险,故此处tackle与deal with意义相近,表示"应对(挑战)"。

答案:D

2.Shackleton's most difficult journey of exploration was on the ship 　　　.

A.Discovery B.Nimrod

C.Endurance D.Quest

提示:根据第三段内容可知沙克尔顿乘Endurance号在海上遭遇了冰的封堵,船最终毁掉下沉,故这次最为艰难。

答案:C

3.Why did the expedition on the Endurance become Shackleton's biggest success?