1、Unit 2 Wish you were here,走进高考文化品格渗透,A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstandingundoubtedly first-rate photo-journalismif they had been made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916，most of them after a di
2、sastrous 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，Norwegianbuilt three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and
3、 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 intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott ha
4、d 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.Scotts last journey，completed as he lay in a tent
5、dying of cold and hunger，caught the worlds 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
6、 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.,33.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 cameram
7、an. D.They recorded a disastrous adventure.,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。,答案,解析,33,34,35,34.Who reached the South Pole first according to the text? A.Frank Hurley. B.Ernest Shackleton. C.Robert Falcon Scott
8、. D.Caroline Alexander.,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。,答案,解析,33,34,35,35.What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage? A.Artistic creation. B.Scientific research. C.Money making. D.Treasure hunting.,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。,答案,解析,33,34,35,
