PhilWhitehasjustreturnedfroman18，000-mile，around-the-worldbicycletrip．Whitehadtworeasonsformakingthisepicjourney．Firstofall，hewantedtousethetriptoraisemoneyforcharity，whichhedid．Heraised￡70，000fortheBritishcharity，Oxfam．White'ssecondreasonformakingthetripwastobreaktheworldrecordandbecomethefastestpersontocyclearoundtheworld．Heisstillwaitingtofindoutifhehasbrokentherecordornot．
WhitesetofffromTrafalgarSquare，inLondon，on19thJune2004andwasback299dayslater．Hespentmorethanl，300hoursinthesaddle（车座）anddestroyedfoursetsoftyresandthreebikechains．HehadtheadventureofhislifecrossingEurope，theMiddleEast，India，Asia，Australia，NewZealandandtheAmericas．Amazingly，hedidallofthiswithabsolutelynosupportteam．Nojeepcarryingfood，waterandmedicine．Nodoctor．Nothing!Justabikeandavery，verylongroad．
Thejourneywaslonelyanddesperateattimes．Healsohadtofighthiswayacrossdeserts，throughjunglesandovermountains．Hecycledthroughheavyrainsandtemperaturesofupto45degrees，alltohelppeopleinneed．Therewereotherdangersalongtheroad．InIran，hewaschasedbyarmedrobbersandwasluckytoescapewithhislifeandthelittlemoneyhehad．TheworstthingthathappenedtohimwashavingtocycleintoaheadwindonaroadthatcrossesthesouthofAustralia．Forl，000kilometershebattledagainstthewindthatwasconstantlypushinghim．Thispartofthetripwasslow，hardworkanddepressing，buthemadeitintheend．NowMr．Whiteisbackandintendstowriteabookabouthisadventures．
21．WhenPhilWhitereturnedfromhistrip，he___．
A．broketheworldrecord
B．collectedmoneyforOxfam
C．destroyedseveralbikes
D．travelledabout1300hours
22．Whatdoestheword"epic"inParagraphlmostprobablymean？___
A．Veryslowbutexciting．
B．Verylonganddifficult．
C．Verysmoothbuttiring．
D．Verylonelyanddepressing．
23．Duringhisjourneyaroundtheworld，PhilWhite___．
A．foughtheroicallyagainstrobbersinIran
B．experiencedtheextremesofheatandcold
C．managedtorideagainstthewindinAustralia