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培优专项训练(一 主题阅读 Ⅰ.阅读短文,然后根据短文内容简要回答问题 Toby came to China for sightseeing with his father this summer. Their first destination (目的地 was Beijing. They arrived in Beijing on 8th August. ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did they come to China? ________________________________________________________________________ 3. What did they do on the second evening? ________________________________________________________________________ 4. How many places of interest (名胜 did they visit on their third day? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. When did they leave Beijing? ________________________________________________________________________ Ⅱ. 阅读短文,然后完成内容摘要 Katie Spotz is a 22-year-old girl from America. She wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat. If she succeeds, she’ll b e the youngest and the first American to finish the 2,500-mile trip. Spotz began sailing when she was at university, but she has never tried to sail such a long way before. It will be a great challenge for her. In recent years, she has swum all the way down the 325-mile Allegheny River and traveled by bike form Seattle t o Washington. Spotz knows that she may see some dangerous things du ring the trip. It will be very dangerous if she meets very bad weather in the middle of the sea. But sh e believes that she can deal with all the difficulties. “I never thought I could run 26 miles,” she said, “But once I finished it, I realized that maybe I could do s omething even more difficult.” Spotz wants to collect money by going on this trip. She wants to collect money for an organization called “Blue Planet run”. The organization offers free, safe drinking water to people who need it. It’ll take her about three months to finish this trip. Good luck to this brave girl and best wishes to her! the (3________ weather 答案 Ⅰ. 1. $560. 2. They came to China for sightseeing. 3. T hey watched Beijing Opera on the second evening. 4. Three.