But these didn’t always go well. There were terrible moments in which Dekker feared death. On one occasion, a whale almost turned Guppy over. Another time, she battled extreme winds and Guppy surfed down 8-meter-high waves.
Out on the open sea alone, she also got used to living without a fridge, a flushing(用水冲洗) toilet, and a hot shower.
“As a human being you don’t need much,” she told Stuff.co.nz. “ They might make life more comfortable, but you really don’t need them to be happy.”
In fact, her outlook on life was shaped by the trip. “I wanted the storms. I wanted the calms. I wanted to feel loneliness,” she told The New York Times. “And now I know all these things. It’s the end of the dream I had as a child, and it’s the beginning of my life as a sailor.”
1. According to the text, in which year did Dekker begin her journey of 50,004 kilometers at sea?
A. In 2016
B. In 2010
C. In 2009
D. In 2011
2. The method the author uses to develop Paragraph 5 is ________.
A. offering analyses
B. providing explanations
C. giving examples
D. making comparisons
3. Which of the following can best describe the girl Laura Dekker? _________.
A. Modest and optimistic
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