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What makes a man spend 22 hours in freezing water or 14 days alone in a hot-air balloon? Adventurer Steve Fossett knows. His tas

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问题     What makes a man spend 22 hours in freezing water or 14 days alone in a hot-air balloon? Adventurer Steve Fossett knows. His taste for adventure has driven him to set dozens of world records in both aviation (航空) and sailing. For him, it’s the thrill of doing things that have never been done before. He also enjoys testing his own endurance and skills.
    Altogether, Fossett has 115 world records and world firsts to his name. His most recent success came in February 2006 when he broke the world’s flight distance record. He traveled more than 26000 miles in 76 hours.
    Surprisingly, 62-year-old Fossett is not strong or athletic, but he is very persistent. His efforts to complete the first solo hot-air balloon ride round the world show his determination. He made six attempts over five years and finally succeeded in 2002.     Fossett developed his appetite for adventure early. At the age of 11, he started rock climbing. While he was a student at Stanford University, he spent his summers climbing mountains and doing endurance swims throughout Europe.
    After graduating from Stanford, Fossett earned a master’s degree in business from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1968, he began making his fortune as a stock trader in Chicago. By the late 1980s, he had become a millionaire. But, he spent his free time participating in endurance sports. In 1990, he finally decided to become a full-time adventurer and a part-time businessman.
    Fossett participated in numerous endurance competitions, including skiing, biking, swimming and car racing. But in the mid-1990s, Fossett began to change his focus. Instead of simply finishing races, he wanted to set world records.
    Fossett focused on sailing and aviation. He has set 23 official world records in sailing. In April 2004, after 58 days at sea, he and his crew of 12 set the world record for the fastest round-the-world sailing. In aviation, he has established more than 60 world records.
What is probably the best title for this passage?
选项 A、Hobbies in Spare Time
B、Life of Steve Fossett
C、Hunger for Adventure
D、A Strange Millionaire
答案C
解析 本题为主旨题。本题的问题是“下面哪一项为文章的最佳标题?”选项A．Hobbies in Spare Time与文章要表达的中心思想不符，这里并不仅仅讲他的业余爱好；选项B．Life of Steve Fossett不完整，因为我们只了解了他的学历和经历，对其他的并不了解，因此不能说他的一生；选项D．A Strange Millionaire只在一定程度上是对的，但是在他成为百万富翁之前，他的表现就可以说很不同于他人了；只有选项C．Hunger for Adventure最为贴切，全文都是围绕着他的冒险活动展开，本选项最能概括整篇文章的大意。
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