Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie has finished
a 110-day solo (单独的)
voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a boat pushed by sea waves to win another
world first.
Weak waves and ocean water movements made
his arrival late, which was going to be in late May.
“When waves were weak, the boat slowed
down. That’s a problem that needs to be solved,” the adventure told reporters
from his boat in western Japan. His 9.5-meter-long boat can move like a
dolphin’s tail, and it rises or falls with the waves.
Horie reached his destination in the
channel between the main Japanese islands just before midnight after covering
about 7,000 kilometers from Hawaii.
Horie first made world record in 1962 when,
at the age of 23, he became the first person to sail alone across the Pacific.
He made the three-month voyage from his hometown in spite of breaking Japanese
law, which did not allow his citizens to sail on their own out of the country,
and without a passport or money.
He was arrested upon arrival in San
Francisco but the city mayor freed him, gave him a 30-day visa and made him an
honorary citizen. News of his achievement made him a hero back home in Japan
and his book of the voyage In the Pacific was made into a film. Since then, he
has completed many sailing trips across the Pacific and around the world.
After his latest adventure with an
environmentally friendly theme, Horie planned to return to his hometown on
Sunday. He said, “Throughout history, mankind has used wind for power, but no
one has appeared to be serious about wave power.” Horie told the reporter, “I
think I’m a lucky boy as this wave power system has remained untouched in
fact.”
1.Horie’s boat was mainly powered by
________.
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A．sea waves
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B．sea winds
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C．his strength
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D．petrol
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2.From the passage we learn that ________.
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A．Horie undertook the voyage with a partner this time
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B．it took Horie about twenty days more to cross the Pacific this
time than in 1962
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C．Horie made his first voyage across the Pacific alone fifty years
ago
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D．Horie’s
destination is 7,000 kilometers from San Francisco
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3.Horie was arrested in San Francisco after
his voyage in 1962 mainly because ________.
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A．he had broken Japanese law
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B．he had kept it a secret from others
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C．his action had put people in danger
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D．he had no passport to America
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4.Which of the following statements best
proves that Horie’s latest voyage was meaningful?
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A．He was made an honorary citizen of San Francisco.
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B．In Japan he was regarded as a hero.
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C．His voyage had the theme of protecting the environment.
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D．He wrote an exciting book after the voyage.
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5. The author wrote the article mainly to
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A．start an ocean crossing movement
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B．tell us a piece of interesting news
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C．make Horie known to the world
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D．encourage people to learn from Horie
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