2014-2015学年（高二，上）英语（必修5，牛津版）测试题：Unit1Ⅱ（Word版含答案）.docVIP

14-15学年牛津高二上学期B5U阶段测试Ⅱ Class: Name: Marks: 满分（85） B Paul Larsen抯 Vestas Sailrocket 2 is half boat, half plane, and hopefully it will soon be the fastest sailing boat on water too. 揈verything above the water is an aeroplane and everything below the water behaves just like a boat,?says Larsen, a professional sailor who抯 now turned his attention to breaking the speed sailing record, describing it as his lifetime mission (使命). “A large part of this boat is flying,” says Larsen. “When it’s going at high speed, it’s like a well-built paper airplane.” The record is open to any craft (飞行器), as long as it’s using wind and water, and there is at least one person on board. At present, it is held by American kite surfer Rob Douglas, who reached 55.65 knots (about 103 kilometres per hour) over the required 500 meter course in 2010. The craft may be using the latest technology, but its concept (理念) is based on a craft that was written about nearly five decades ago. American rocket scientist Bernard Smith wrote about a sailboat in 1963 that he believed could reach 40 knots ?a concept that was well ahead of his time. Larsen抯 team tracked down Smith in 2007 to tell the then 97-year-old that they had broken the 40 knots, using the ideas Smith came up with 44 years earlier. Based on that design, they have since been able to go 50 knots and are pushing to go even faster. 揑t is dangerous,?Larsen admits. 揧ou go out there and you don抰 realize the consequences if the smallest thing goes wrong.?The worst crashes are the ones when the boat dives directly into the water. 揟hat抯 a killer. At least in the air you slow down.?Although there is some danger, Larsen and his team won抰 stop until they hit the 60 knot mark and take with it the world speed sailing record. 6. Larsen hopes to realize his dream to . A. set a new world speed sailing record B. design a craft which can fly and sail C. win a gold medal in the Olympic Games D. put his Vesta