1161國開電大本科《英語Ⅱ(1)》網(wǎng)上形考任務(wù)試題及答案

1、2H61國開電大本科英語11(1)網(wǎng)上形考任務(wù)試題及答案說明：適用于國開中央電大本科各專業(yè)學員國開平臺網(wǎng)上形考：同時資料也是期末紙質(zhì)考試的重要資料。階段性綜合評測1 (Unit 6)試題及答案題目順序是隨機的，使用快捷鍵操作試題及答案一、題目1-20題目 tried to take action to stop it.答案The authorities附：題目當局試圖釆取行動制止它。題目 ou involved in the matter?答案Are附：題目你參與此事嗎？題目A11 the airports in the country arc working today.答案normally

2、附：題目今天全國所有機場都在正常工作。題 R Are you aware what you have said?答案of 附：題目你知道你說了什么嗎？題 目Does the restaurant have a non-smoking ?答案section附：題目餐廳有禁煙區(qū)嗎？題目 IHeabout the time of the train. 答案enquired附：題目他詢問火車的時間。題冃He his wallet in the street yesterday.答案was robbed of附：題目他昨天在街上被搶了錢包。題 目He when we were at a meeting.

3、答案burst in附：題目我們開會時他突然闖進來。題目He is a man of 答案high intelligence附：題目他是一個智商很高的人。題冃He spent day in his room.答案an entire附：題目他在房間里呆了一整天。題 目Her uncle takes a interest in her progress.答案personal附：題目她的叔叔對她的進步很感興趣。題目1 cant put what he said.答案up with附：題目我無法忍受他說的話。題 冃I met my old friend in the street yesterday.

4、答案by chance附：題目我昨天在街上偶然遇到了我的老朋友。題 目I think music can our pain.答案lessen附：題目我認為音樂可以減輕你的痛苦。題目I was very much by his word.答案hurt附：題目他的話讓我很傷心。題冃My dog willby my friend when I am on holiday. 答案be looked after附：題目當我度假時，我的朋友會照顧我的狗。題目The girl his father.答案looked up to附：題目女孩抬頭看著他的父親。題目Thc girl is keen music.答

5、案on附：題目這個女孩熱衷于音樂。題目The girl was about her new toy.答案over the moon附：題目這個女孩對她的新玩具欣喜若狂。題 目The photograph seems quite .答案recent附：題目這張照片似乎很新。題 目The teacher for breaking the window.答案told him off附：題目老師責備他打破窗戶。題目They for almost two years.答案have been married附：題目他們結(jié)婚快兩年了。題 R They the football match because i

6、t rained today.答案cancelled附：題目他們?nèi)∠俗闱虮荣?，因為今天下雨了。題 目Thcy the old house and built a restaurant.答案demolished附：題目他們拆掉了老房子，建了一家餐館。題冃They are doing some on AIDS.答案research附：題目他們正在做一些關(guān)于艾滋病的研究。題目They had a good time at the .答案funfair附：題目他們在游樂場玩得很開心。題目Tom Helen four years ago.答案married附：題目四年前嫁給了海倫。題冃We each

7、other for almost three years.答 案have been in love with附：題目我們相愛快三年了。題目We are all being a Chinese.答案proud of附：題目我們都為自己是中國人而自豪。題 目We arc trying to funds fbr the poor people.答案raise附：題目我們正在努力為窮人籌集資金。題目What has to the woman? 答案happened附：題目這個女人發(fā)生了什么？題 13 What he said all the people in the office.答案amused附

8、：題目他的話逗樂了辦公室里的所有人。題目What you said the mater.答案is not relevant to附：題目你所說的與此事無關(guān)。題目Would you like more drinks?答案a little附：題目你想多喝點酒嗎？題 冃You can ask the driver to at the station.答案drop you off附：題目你可以讓司機把你送到車站。題目 fine weather it is!答案What附：題目天氣真好！題冃-Whats happened to Tom?答案Hes been taken附：題目湯姆怎么了？答案他被帶走了題

9、 目Dont worry.There is room fbr all your books here. 答案much附：題目別擔心，這里有很多地方可以放你所有的書。題目He is the man dog bit me.答案whose附：題目他是咬我的狗。題目He said that he already the English film.答案had; seen附：題目他說他已經(jīng)看過英語電影了。題 目Her parents died when she was very young, so she was by her aunt.答案brought up附：題目她很小的時候父母就去世了，所以她是由

10、姑姑撫養(yǎng)長大的。題目I am leaving fbr New York three days time.答案in附：題目我三天后要去紐約。題 目I broke my leg when I skiing in America.答案was附：題目我在美國滑雪時摔斷了腿。題目I can do that job myself.答案by附：題目我可以自己完成這項工作。題冃I dont suppose he will attend the meeting, ?答案do I附：題目我不認為他會參加會議，是嗎？題目I have finished the report.答案already附：題目我已經(jīng)完成了報吿

11、。題 目I have given eating meat.答案up附：題目我已經(jīng)放棄吃肉了。題 目I know it isnt important but I cant help about it.答案thinking附：題目我知道這不重要，但我忍不住去想它。題目I prefer the TV the radio.答案to附：題目我更喜歡電視而不是收音機。題目Im in Greece at the moment.I like the weather .答案here附：題目我現(xiàn)在在希臘。我喜歡這里的天氣。題目Im tired.I working very hard.答案have been附：題目

12、我累了，我一直很努力。題 目It happened a winter night.答案on附：題目它發(fā)生在一個冬夜。題目My father take me to work with him when I was a child. 答案would附：題目當我還是個孩子的時候，我父親會帶我和他一起工作。題目Next year, 1 lan to go to Italy.答案x附：題目明年，我計劃去意大利。題 目Not only I but also Jane and Mary tired of having one examination after another.答案are附：題目不僅我，簡和

13、瑪麗也厭倦了一次又一次的考試。題目Shc talking when I am watching TV.答案keeps附：題目我看電視的時候一直在說話。題冃She has brought two children by herself.答案up附：題目她一個人撫養(yǎng)了兩個孩子。題目She has lived here three years.答案for附：題目她在這里住了三年。題目Thats all settlcd.lt talked about.2答案neednt be附：題目一切都已經(jīng)解決了，不用再談了。題目The English teacher isnt here.She to the of

14、fice.答案has gone附：題目英語老師不在這里，他去辦公室了。題目Thc road built last year.答案was附：題目這條路是去年建成的。題目Those cakes look nice.Can I have ?答案one附：題目那些蛋糕看起來不錯，我可以來一個嗎？題目We every day when we were children.答案used to swim附：題目我們小時候每天都會游泳。二、題目21題 冃As an American writer, Mark Twain, once said, Everybody talks about the weather,

15、 but nobody anything about it.lt is true that everybody talks about the weather.Many people begin their talks saying： Isnt it a nice (3) ? Do you think it will rain? I think its going to snow.Many people think they can tell (4) the weather is going to be like.But they (5) ever agree with each other.

16、One man may say, Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? Its going to have fine weather tomorrow.Another man (6) say. Yes, its cloudy in the east.We are going to have fine weather tomorrow.People often look fbr the weather they want.When a farmer needs water, he looks fbr something to tell him its

17、going to rain and he wont believe (7) else.When friends have a picnic, they are so (8) the weather is going to be fine very (9) that they sit eating their lunch while it is raining.Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says.But he doesnt always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a

18、 mistakc.Still, he is (10) most of the time.附：題目正如一位美國作家馬克吐溫曾經(jīng)說過，毎個人都在談?wù)撎鞖?，但沒有人對此做任何事情。確實每 個人都在談?wù)撎鞖?。很多人開始他們的談話時說：這不是一個美好的一天嗎？想會下雨嗎？我想會下雪。很多人認為他們可以知道天氣會怎樣。但他們幾乎不同意對方。一個人可能會說，你看到東部有多 云嗎？明天會有好天氣。另一個人會說，是的，東部多云。我們明天會有好天氣。人們經(jīng)常尋找他們想要的天氣。當一個農(nóng)民需要水時，他會尋找一些東西來告訴他要下雨了，他不 會相信任何其他的。當朋友去野餐時，他們非常確定天氣會好起來他們很快就坐在下雨的

19、時候吃午飯。幾乎毎個人都聽天氣預報員說什么。但他并不總是告訴我們我們想要什么，有時他會犯錯誤。不過， 他大多數(shù)時候是對的。答案C.does答案B.by答案A.day答案C.what答案C.hardly答案A.will答案B.anything答案C.sure答案C.quickly答案A.right題目Molly Wilson (1) a dancer and a mother fbr many years when she to sail round the world to raise money fbr charity.As a child she (3)as a ballet dancer

20、, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she(4) a member of a pop dance team.She (5) , and (6) she had children she retired from show business to bring them .They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.She says. When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thou

21、ght I was bored because the children had left home.He was also worried (8) I had never sailed (9) .1 was not bored, but I (10) some people who told me about the race.They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia.! wanted to do the whole ten-month j

22、oumey.3 附：題目莫莉威爾遜(Molly Wilson)多年來一直是一名舞者和一名母親，當時她決定環(huán)游世界為慈善事業(yè)籌 集資金。小時候，她接受過芭蕾舞訓練，但在15歲時，她已經(jīng)長得太高，不能跳古典芭蕾舞，所以她成為 了流行舞蹈隊的一員。她結(jié)婚了，生了孩子后，她從演藝界退休撫養(yǎng)他們。他們長大了，18歲時離開了家。她說，當我決定參加環(huán)球賽時，我丈夫認為我很無聊，因為孩子們離開了家。他也很擔心，因為我 以前從未航海過。我并不無聊，但我遇到了一些人說我關(guān)于比賽的事情。他們參加了比賽，但他們只 做了一個部分，比如說，從新西蘭到澳大利亞。我想完成整個十個月的旅程。3答案C.has been答案B.d

23、ecided答案A.had trained答案A.became答案B.got married答案C.after答案B.up答案C. because答案A.befbre答案B.had met題 目Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1) to be very poor.He had nowhere to live and (2)working in a pub when he (3)to start his own business.Peter had always(4) interested in plants and flower

24、s, (5) he decided to set up a company(6) cared fbr the plants in big offices.At first he worked on his (7) , but soon he took two people to help him.The company has been growing (9) fbr the last ten years.Peter is now very rich, (10) he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a comput

25、er every day!附：題目彼得布萊克是一個成功的商人，但他曾經(jīng)很窮。他沒有地方住，在他決定創(chuàng)業(yè)時正在酒吧工作。 彼得一直對植物和花卉很感興趣，所以他決定成立一家關(guān)心自己的公司為大辦公室的工廠工作。起初他 一個人工作，但很快他就找了兩個人來幫助他。公司在過去十年里一直在發(fā)展。彼得現(xiàn)在很有錢，但是 他抱怨說，現(xiàn)在他每天工作的不是植物而是電腦！答案C.used答案B.was答案B.dccidcd答案B.been答案A.so答案B.which答案A.own答案C.on答案A.-.答案C.but三、題目22-23題 目A survey has shown that people have sto

26、pped believing both the media and politicians.A similar survey carried out 5 years ago showed that 50% of people thought that what politicians said was usually not true, and that 35% of people thought that what they saw on the television or read in newspapers was not true.Now both those figures have

27、 increased sharply, to 80% of people not believing politicians and 70% not believing the television or newspapers.Experts think that these figures are not going to come down in the near future.Stories about politicians and journalists taking money from businessmen have caused the public to stop trus

28、ting them.Also politicians keep making promises that they do not keep.Mr Smith of York said, When the politicians make new laws, they only help their friends, not people like me.Mrs Marley of Leeds said, *The newspapers and television are not interested in what is true; they are only interested in m

29、oney for advertising,.It has got worse recently as more people can get news from the Internet and learn if the journalists and politicians are telling the truth or not.What can our politicians and journalists do? The only answer is to be more honest.附：題目一項調(diào)查顯示，人們已經(jīng)不再相信媒體和政客。5年前進行的一項類似調(diào)查顯示，50%的人認為政 客

30、所說的通常不是真的，35%的人認為他們所看到的在電視上或在報紙上讀到的都是不真實的。現(xiàn)在這 兩個數(shù)字都急劇增加，80%的人不相信政治家，70%的人不相信電視或報紙。專家認為這些數(shù)字不會下 降不遠的將來。政客和記者從商人那里拿錢的故事已經(jīng)導致公眾不再信任他們。政客們也不斷做出他們不遵守的承 諾。約克的史密斯先生說，“當政客們制定新法律時，他們只會幫助他們的朋友，而不是像我這樣的人 利茲的馬利夫人說，“報紙和電視對真實的事物不感興趣；他們只對用于廣吿的錢感興趣最近情況變得更糟，因為越來越多的人可以從互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上獲取新聞并了解記者和政客是否在說真話。 我們的政客和記者能做什么？唯一的答案是更誠實。The

31、 number of people believing politicians and journalists has .increasednot changeddecreased附：相信政治家和記者的人數(shù)有 O增加沒有改變減少Experts think this problem .will get better soonwill not get better soonwill get worse soon附：專家認為這個問題 o很快就會好起來的不會很快好起來很快就會變得更糟3.Stories say businessmen give money to .politicianspolitici

32、ans and journalistsjoumalists附：2io故事說商人給 錢。政治家政治家和記者記者Mr Smith thinks politicians make laws .to help their friendsto help himto help everybody附：史密斯先生認為政客們制定法律 0幫助他們的朋友幫助他幫助大家People can now check stories using .the newspapersthe televisionthe Internet附：人們現(xiàn)在可以使用 查看故事。報紙電視互聯(lián)網(wǎng)提示：請將正確答案的序號（大寫字母ABC）填寫在空白處

33、，系統(tǒng)自動判分您的答案是：答案C答案B答案B答案A|答案C題 冃In the last 500 years, nothing about people 一 not their clothes, ideas, or languages - has changed as much as what they eat.The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians.The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the wo

34、rld during the 1500,s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable.In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places.Some still exist today.The potato is also from the New World.Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it s

35、oon was widely grown.Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the Potato Famine of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America.There arc many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World.But some othe

36、rs went in the opposite direction.Brazil is now the Worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries.But it is native to Ethiopia.lt was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discover

37、ed when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush.He tried one and experienced the wide-awake feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with.附：題目在過去的500年里，人們的一切一無論是他們的衣服、思想或語言一都沒有像他們吃的東西那樣 發(fā)生巨大變化。最初的巧克力飲料是由南美印第安人用可可樹的種子制成

38、的。西班牙人在1500年代將 它引入世界其他地方。雖然它非常昂貴，但它很快成為時尚。在倫敦，供應巧克力飲料的商店成為重要 的聚會場所。一些今天仍然存在。馬鈴薯也來自新大陸。大約在1600年，西班牙人將它從秘魯帶到歐洲，并很快在那里廣泛種植。 愛爾蘭變得如此依賴它，以至于在1845年6月的馬鈴薯饑荒期間，成千上萬的愛爾蘭人因作物歉收而 挨餓，還有數(shù)千人被迫移民到美國。還有很多其他的食物從南美洲傳到了舊大陸。但也有一些相反的方向。巴西現(xiàn)在是世界上最大的咖 啡種植國，咖啡是哥倫比亞和其他南美國家的重要作物。但是它原產(chǎn)于埃塞俄比亞。它首先由阿拉伯人 在1400年代制成飲料。根據(jù)一個阿拉伯傳說，當一個名

39、叫Kaldi的牧羊人注意到他的山羊被咖啡樹叢上的紅色漿果所吸引 時，咖啡就被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。他嘗試了一種咖啡，并體驗到世界上三分之一的人口現(xiàn)在開始喝咖啡的清醒感覺。 一天。1 .According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years ?FoodPotatoChocolate附：根據(jù)文章，最近500年來，下列哪一項變化最大？食品馬鈴薯巧克力2.Some in Some still exist today means .some cocoa treessome shopssome

40、 South American Indians附：2.Some in Some今天仍然存在意味著 。些可可樹一些商店一些南美洲印第安人Thousands of Irish people starved during the Potato Famine because .they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything elsethe potato harvest was badthe weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable fbr growing

41、the potato 附：成千上萬的愛爾蘭人在馬鈴薯饑荒期間因 而挨餓。他們非常依賴馬鈴薯，拒絕吃其他任何東西馬鈴薯收成不好愛爾蘭的天氣條件不適合種植馬鈴薯Coffce originally came from .BrazilColombiaEthiopia 附：Coffee最初來自 。巴西哥倫比亞埃塞俄比亞The Arabic legend is used to prove that .coffee was first discovered by Kaldicoffee drinks were first made by Arabscoffee was first discovered in

42、 south American countries 附：阿拉伯傳說用于證明 ocoHee最早是由Kaldi發(fā)現(xiàn)的咖啡飲料最早是由阿拉伯人制造的coffee最早發(fā)現(xiàn)于南美國家提示：請將正確答案的序號（大寫字母ABC）填寫在空白處，系統(tǒng)自動判分 您的答案是：答案A答案C答案B答案C5 .潛案B題 目There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society.In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of

43、couples who get divorced.After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces.The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly.But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married.At present the marriage rate

44、in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years.Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, fbr example, 40 per cent of children born in

45、the UK arc bom to couples who arent married or arc bom to lone parcnts.Therc arc quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these arc headed by a woman rather than a man.The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that theres been quite a decline i

46、n the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.附：題目英國社會的各個不同領(lǐng)域都發(fā)生了變化。近年來，在英國，離婚夫婦的數(shù)量大幅增加。在1969年和離婚法改革法案之后，我們的離婚數(shù)量迅速增加。比率穩(wěn)步上升，近年來增長速 度更快。但也有相當多的人確實結(jié)婚了。在目前英國的結(jié)婚率約為70%,自從過去20年結(jié)婚人數(shù)大幅 下降以來，這一數(shù)字有所下降，但在過去10年中下降幅度更大?，F(xiàn)在沒有結(jié)婚就住在一起，例如，在 英國出生的孩子中有40%是由未婚夫婦或單親家庭所生。單親家庭相當多，90%其中由女性領(lǐng)導，而 不是男性?，F(xiàn)在英國的平均

47、家庭規(guī)模為毎對夫婦1.8個孩子，這意味著英國的出生率與其他歐洲國家一樣大幅 下降。1 .What does the passage mainly discuss?The declining divorce rate in the UK.Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.The increasing divorce rate in the UK. 附：文章主要討論什么？英國離婚率下降。英國的結(jié)婚和離婚趨勢。英國離婚率上升。During the last ten years, .the marriage rate has gone down more

48、 rapidly in the UKthe marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK40% of children were bom to unwed couples in the UK 附：在過去十年中， o英國的結(jié)婚率下降得更快英國的結(jié)婚率上升了很多40%的孩子是英國未婚夫婦所生22According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK lends to .declinesoar （急劇上升）stay stable 附：根據(jù)文章，英國的同居率趨于 。下降soar（上升）保持穩(wěn)定Accord

49、ing to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?The highest divorce rate was around 1969.The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.The marriage rate is currently 70 percent. 附：根據(jù)文中的說法，下列說法不正確的是？最高的離婚率是在1969年左右。近年來結(jié)婚率有所下降。目前結(jié)婚率為70%0The last Para.tells us .the birth rate in the

50、 UK is decreasing rapidly nowat present any family in the UK is 2 children at mostthe birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing 附：最后一段吿訴我們 o現(xiàn)在英國的出生率正在迅速下降目前英國任何一個家庭最多有2個孩子其他歐洲國家的出生率不斷上升提示：請將正確答案的序號（大寫字母ABC）填寫在空白處，系統(tǒng)自動判分 您的答案是：答案C答案A答案B濬案A答案A題 目When I was a little girl, my brothers and

51、I collected stamps for many years.My mother didnt use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued.On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, wc were very excited b

52、ecause England were playing West Germany in the final.When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didnt tell us why.At 2 oclock my mother went back to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football

53、 on TV at home.Although she wasnt watching the match, she was listening to it on the radio.England won 4:2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office.As we burst in, my mother was standing behind the counter.She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNERS on each

54、stamp.We were over the moon.We still have it today, and perhaps it is worth a lol of money. 附：題目小時候，我和哥哥們集郵多年新郵票一發(fā)行就回家。1966年倫敦世界杯足球賽決賽那天，我們很興奮，因為英格蘭隊在決賽中對陣西德隊。我們吃午飯 的時候，我媽媽告訴我們，如果英格蘭隊賽后馬上去郵局。贏了，但她沒告訴我們?yōu)槭裁凑谑找魴C里 聽。英格蘭以4:2獲勝，所以我和我的兄弟們跑到郵局。當我們沖進來時，我媽媽站在柜臺后面。她正 等著賣給我們一個非常特別的限量版，每張郵票上都有英格蘭獲勝者。我們非常開心。我們今天

55、仍然擁有它，也許它值很多錢。This passage mainly tells us .thc author and her brother used to like stamps very muchthe author had a very kind motherthe author and her brother had got an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps 附：這段話主要告訴我們 作者和她哥哥以前很喜歡郵票作者有一個非常善良的媽媽作者和她的兄弟有一次難忘的集郵經(jīng)歷According to the passage, her

56、 mother worked in the post office .during the weekon Saturdayson Sundays附：據(jù)文中所述，她的母親在郵局工作 o周內(nèi)周六周日Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didnt tell them why.Do you think why she did that?She wanted to give them a surprise.She doubted if sh

57、e would get the stamps.She thought it unnecessary to tell them the reason.附：他們的母親告訴他們，如果英格蘭隊贏了，他們就在比賽結(jié)束后立即去郵局，但她沒有告訴他們?yōu)槭?么。你認為她為什么這樣做？她想給他們一個驚喜。她懷疑她是否會得到這些郵票。她認為沒有必要告訴他們原因。What does the sentence We were over the moon mean?We jumped high.We were extremely happy about it.We watched the moon for a long

58、 time.附：Wc were over the moon 是什么意思？我們跳得很高。我們對此非常高興。我們看了很長時間的月亮。What is the best title fbr this passage?My ChildhoodA Precious StampA Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps附：這段話最好的標題是什么？我的竜年珍貴郵票-次難忘的集郵經(jīng)歷提示：請將正確答案的序號(大寫字母ABC)填寫在空白處，系統(tǒng)自動判分 您的答案是：答案C答案B答案A答案B答案C題目AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF DIRECTION

59、Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother fbr many years when she decided TO sail round the world to raise money fbr charity.As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall fbr classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team.She got married, and after s

60、he had children she retired from show business to bring them up.They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.She says. When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home.He was also worriedbecause I had never sailed before.I was not