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At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. But what should I do to celebrate
my 60th birthday? What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. I began my
almost 400-mile journey on November 1st, 1997,a few days before my birthday. I walked and skied
alone. My dog team were not with me to pull my sled. Anoth
er journey of challenge and danger was
about to begin.
The first days the weather was very good. The wind was icy but not very strong and there was
bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just around the corner. On the third day I was
struggling through stormy weather and during the nest week the wind grew stronger and I found myself
spending a whole day in my tent.
I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent
up before the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm
that threatened to blow me and the tent away, but none of that happened.
1. from the text we know the writer was born on ___.
A. 1st November 1937
B. 12th November 1937
C. 22nd November 1947
D. 1st November 1957
2. Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin. " Another journey" here means _____.
A. the travel to the North Pole.
B. another journey to Antarctica.
C. 400- mile journey on November 1st 1997.
D. a new trip that she was planning.
3. After reading the short passage, we can guess that ___.
A. the trip to the North Pole must be the same hard as that to the South Pole.
B. The trip to the Antarctica may be more dangerous than that to the Arctic
C. There was no danger though the trip to the South Pole was hard.
D. During the trip to the Antarctica, the weather, most of the time, was not so bad.
