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2015?年职称英语考试新增综合类C 1、综合?C?阅读判断新增文章 第三篇 Across?the?Desert The?Sahara?Desert?is?the?largest?desert?in?the?world.?It?stretches?across?Africa?from?Senegal?to?Egypt.?The Sahara?Desert?is?an?unfriendly?environment.?During?the?day?it’s?very?hot,?and?at?night?it’s?sometimes?very?cold.?It is?also?difficult?to?find?water?in?the?Sahara. In?2006,?Kevin?Lin,?Ray?Zahab,?and?Charlie?Engle?decided?to?do?something?very?difficult.?They?made?the decision?to?run?across1?the?Sahara?Desert?4,300?miles?(6,920?km).?It?seemed?impossible?to?do,?but?they?wanted?to try.?The?three?men?liked?to?test?themselves,?and?this?would?be?a?very?big?test. On?the?morning?of?November?2,?Kevin,?Ray,?and?Charlie?started?their?trip?across?the?Sahara?.Every?morning they?began?running?at?5:?00.?At?11?a.m.?they?stopped?and?rested?until?5?p.m.?Then?they?ran?again?until?9:?30?in?the evening.?Each?day?they?ran?about?40?miles?(64?km).?Every?day?it?was?the?same?thing.?They?got?up?and?ran.?They listened?to?music?on?their?iPods,?and?they?ran?and?ran． Kevin,?Ray,?and?Charlie?needed?to?eat?a?lot?of?food?during?their?trip.?Most?people?need?about?2,000?calories of?food?each?day.?Kevin,?Ray,?and?Charlie?needed?between?6,000?and?9,000?calories?every?day.?That’s?a?lot?of?food! They?also?needed?to?drink?a?lot?of?water. The?three?men?had?some?problems?on?their?trip,?and?many?times?they?wanted?to?quit?and?go?home.?It?was often?very?hot?(?140oF/60oC?)?during?the?day,?and?the?heat?made?them?sick.?Their?legs?and?feet?hurt.?Sometimes?it was?very?windy,?and?they?couldn’t?see.?One?time?they?got?lost.?But?they?didn’t?quit.?After?111?days,?Kevin,?Ray, and?Charlie?successfully?finished?their?trip?across?the?Sahara?Desert.?They?hugged?each?other?and?put?their?hands in?the?water?of?the?Red?Sea.?Then?they?ran?to?a?hotel?to?take?a?long?shower. 词汇： Stretch?v．延伸，伸展 Calorie?n．卡（路里），小卡，大卡（热量单位） Quit v．停止，放 注释： 1．…made?the?decision?to?run?across...：……决定跑步横跨…… 练习： 1.?It’s?not?always?hot?in?the?Sahara?Desert. A.?Right B.?Wrong C.?Not?mentioned 2.?Ea