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(1)细节理解题。根据第二段Fuhrmann started these journeys "to kickstart retirement" from the maritime PR business he ran in Oslo for the past 30 years. (Fuhrmann开始这些旅程是为了"启动退休生活",他从自己在奥斯陆经营了30年的海事公关业务中退休了)和It was good to get rid of all of those things and say: 'This isn't a phase;this is a new season (摆脱所有这些东西并说'这不是一个阶段;这是一个新的季节'是件好事)可知,Fuhrmann变卖了大部分财产是为了开始退休后的新生活。故选B。
(2)词义猜测题。根据划线词的上文The challenges were psychological,physical,and sometimes life﹣threatening.In Florida,he was chased by an alligator (短吻鳄),but narrowly escaped from it.In the Boston area,he saw "a black fin moving towards me like a snake".He lay his oar (划桨) across his lap and waited. "If a great white shark can swim leisurely,that's exactly what it did.It just passed me," he says.Ten minutes later,Fuhrmann pulled his kayak (小艇) into a cove,where he ran into a man who invited him into his home for coffee and apple pie. (这些挑战既有心理上的,也有身体上的,有时甚至危及生命。在佛罗里达,他被一只短吻鳄追赶,但侥幸逃脱。在波士顿地区,他看到"一条黑色的鳍像蛇一样向我移动"。他把桨放在膝盖上,等待着。"如果大白鲨可以悠闲地游泳,那么它就是这么做的。它就这么从我身边掠过,"他说。十分钟后,Fuhrmann把他的皮艇划进了一个小海湾,在那里他遇到了一个邀请他去他家喝咖啡、吃苹果派的男人)以及划线词所在句His whole trip was filled with these switchbacks and moments of connection with strangers,which Fuhrmann experienced as "a call to authenticity".(他的整个旅程充满了这些曲折和与陌生人联系的时刻,福尔曼认为这是"对真实性的呼唤"。)可知,Fuhrmann在航行中遇到了很多挑战,也有幸遇到善良的陌生人。由此可知,these switchbacks指的是上文叙述的这些挑战,switchbacks意思应该是"挑战,曲折",与challenges意思接近。A.Blessings.祝福;B.Ambitions.野心;C.Defeats.打败;D.Challenges.挑战。故选D。
(3)推理判断题。根据第五段Nature is born within us.If you avoid that,you avoid experiencing something that is vital to who you are as a person. (自然是与生俱来的。如果你避免了这些,你就避免了经历一些对你作为一个人来说至关重要的事情)可知,Fuhrmann认为一个人如果避免与自然接触,则会缺失很多对于自我很重要的经历。由此可知,他会同意"拥有基于自然的经历会很好"的观点。故选C。
(4)细节理解题。根据最后一段He started his latest voyage because "I wanted to have a better understanding of who I was.I wanted to have time for my thoughts to wander,to restart,to discover the value and power within myself." (他开始最近的一次航行是因为"我想更好地了解我是谁。我希望有时间让我的思想漫游,重新开始,发现我内心的价值和力量。")可知,Fuhrmann是为了发现真实的自己。故选B。