1、1Unit 2 Wish you were here走进高考 文化品格渗透试题出处 试题信息 语篇概要 文化品格2016全国卷 阅读理解 D讲述的是 Frank Hurley 收集的照片把过去一次不成功的南极洲的旅行活动重新展现了出来。探索世界，征服自然。A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstandingundoubtedly firstrate photojournalismif they had
2、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 sma
3、ll，tight，Norwegianbuilt threemaster 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 Antarcticas Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇) across the continent.The journey was i
4、ntended 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 wellresearched story The Endurance，adventuring was even t
5、hen a thoroughly commercial 2effort.Scotts last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger，caught the worlds imagination，and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton，a onetime British merchantnavy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908，started a
6、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.33What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?AThey were
7、made last week.BThey showed undersea sceneries.CThey were found by a cameraman.DThey recorded a disastrous adventure.答案 D解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916，most of them after a disastrous shipwreck.”可知，这些照片记录的是一次海难。34Who reached the South Pole first according to the text
8、?AFrank Hurley. BErnest Shackleton.CRobert Falcon Scott. DCaroline Alexander.答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句话中的“Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912.”可知，最先到达南极的是 Robert Falcon Scott。35What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?AArtistic creation. BScientific research.CMoney making. DTreasure hunting.答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“.adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.”及“.started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.”可知，Alexander 认为他 1914 年航行的目的就是为了挣钱发财。
