阅读理解ForsixhoursweshotthroughthelandscapeoftheKaroodesertinSouthAfrica.Justrocksandsandandbakingsun.KnowingourjourneywasendingDanielandIjustwantedtorememberallwehadseenanddone.Heusedaca
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ForsixhoursweshotthroughthelandscapeoftheKaroodesertinSouthAfrica.Justrocksandsand
andbakingsun.Knowingourjourneywasending DanielandIjustwantedtorememberallwehadseenanddone.Heusedacamera.Iusedwords.Ihadalreadyfinishedthreenotebooksandwasintothe
fourthabeautifulleathernotebookI'dboughtinamarketinMozambique.
SouthernAfricawasfullofstorierandvisions.Wewerealmostdrunkonsensations.TheroaringofthewateratVictoriaFallstheimpossiblesilenceoftheOkavangoDeltainBotswana.Andthentheother
things:dogsinthestreetswholefamiliesinSowetolivinginoneroomakilometrefromcleanwater.
Aswedrovetowardsthesettingsunaquietnessfelloverus.Theroadwasempty--we hadn'tseen
anothercarforhours.AndasIdrovesomethingcaughtmyeyesomethingmovingnexttome.Iglanced
inthemirrorofthecar;IglancedsidewaystotherightandthatwaswhenIsawthem.Nexttousbythe
sideoftheroadthirtyfortywildhorseswereracingthecaracloudofdustrisingbehindthem-brownmuscularhorsesalmostcloseenoughtotouchthemtosmelltheirhotbreath.Ididn'tknowhowlongtheyhadbeentherenexttous.
IshoutedtoDan:"Look!" buthewasinadeepsleephiscameralyinguselessbyhisfeet.
Theyracedthecarforafewsecondsthendisappearedfarbehindusamemoryofheroic_formsintheredlandscape.WhenDanielwokeupanhourlaterItoldhimwhathadhappened.
"Wildhorses?"hesaid."Whydidn'tyouwakemeup?"
"Itried.Buttheyweregoneafterafewseconds."
"Areyousureyoudidn'tdreamit?"
"Youweretheonewhowassleeping!"
Typicalhesaid."Thebestphotosaretheoneswenevertake."
Wecheckedintoadustyhotelandsleptthesleepofthedead.
1.DuringtheirjourneyinAfricathetwotravellers________.
A.madefriendswithlocalresidents
B.complainedaboutthepoorlivingconditions
C.enjoyedthesunsetintheKaroodesertmost
D.recordedtheirexperiencesindifferentways
2.Whatdoesthephrase"heroicforms"inParagraph4referto?
A.Racingcars.
B.Wildhorses.