解放军文职招聘考试骑摩托环游世界

    After driving 10, 000 miles overland without even a puncture(停顿), they arrived in England in June.

    They left Tasmania in January and now plan to stay for two months at Taunton, Somerset, where Mr. Wise’s mother lives on Hamilton Road.

    Mr. Wise, 46, once a science teacher at Askwith Middle School in Taunton and his wife, who has three daughters, went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961.

    For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year’s unpaid leave. “We didn’t have any spares with us, ” said Mr. Wise, “We just put our trust in ourselves and the machines.” 

    So far the journey on a B. M. W. R50 has gone through Australia, New Zealand, Asia and India, another 14, 000 miles. They expect their final bill to be about￡ 1, 000.

1. The underlined phrase “emigrated to Tasmania” most likely means _______.

A. visited Tasmania

B. left Tasmania

C. left their own country in order to go and live in Tasmania

D. spent their holiday in Tasmania

2. Their journey to England from Tasmaria _______.

A. was very long and tiring B. took about five months

C. took about two months D. lasted a year

3. Their journey to Tasmania from England will be _______.

A. more expensive than the journey from Tasmania to England

B. quicker than the journey from Tasmania to England

C. longer than the journey from Tasmania to England

D. more exciting and interesting

4. The total cost of their journey is expected to be about _______ each.

A. ￡500 B. ￡750 C. ￡1, 000 D. ￡250

5. For their return trip, Mr and Mrs Wise now plan to arrive in Tasmania approximately(接近) _______.

A. in August, 1973 B. in June, 1973

C. in January, 1974 D. in August, 1974

【答案与解析】本文讲述的是一对夫妇骑摩托车周游世界的故事。

1. C。词义猜测题。由文章第4段中的his wife, …went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961 可以推知答案为C。

2. B。推断题。根据they arrived in England in June…和 They left Tasmania in January可知B最佳。

3. C。推断题。根据After driving 10, 000 miles overland…以及 another 14, 000 miles等关键词，可知回程比来程要远。

4. A。推断题。根据They expect their final bill to be about ￡1, 000 可以推算每一个人平均费用约合500美元。

5. D。推断题。根据they arrived in England in June ... plan to stay for two months at Taunton, Somerset,… For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year’s unpaid leave.，我们知道他们是12年前(即1961年)移民到了Tasmania，所以“现在”，应是1973年。他们到达英国是6月份，在那里要呆上两个月，而回程他们计划花一年的时间，故回到Tasmania的时间约为1974年8月份。