Days after Argentina canceled all international passenger flights to protect the country from the new coronavirus，Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey home the only way possible：He stepped aboard his small sailboat for an 85-day journey across the Atlantic.
   The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed put on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo，to ride out the times of lockdowns and social distancing in a beautiful place largely spared by the virus.But the idea of spending what he thought could be "the end of the world" away from his family，especially his father who was soon to turn 90，was unbearable. "I didn't want to stay like a coward（懦夫） on an island where there were no cases，" Mr.Ballestero said. "I wanted to do everything possible to return home.The most important thing for me was to be with my family."
   He bought his sailboat in 2017，hoping to take it on a travel around the world. It proved up to the task of sailing across an ocean when the pandemic was spreading across the planet.
   "I wasn't afraid，but I did have a lot of uncertainty，" he said. "It was very strange to sail in the middle of a pandemic with humanity becoming increasingly less valued around me." Sailing can be a lonely passion，and it was particularly so on this voyage for Mr.Ballestero.
   Despite the expansiveness of the ocean，Mr.Ballestero felt he was in a quarantine（隔離）of sorts，imprisoned by a continuous stream of bad feelings about what the future held."I was locked up in my own freedom，" he recalled.
   When he made it to his hometown on June 17，he was startled by the hero's welcome he received. "Entering my port where my father had his sailboat，where he taught me so many things and where I learned how to sail and where all this originated，gave me the taste of a mission accomplished，" he said.

（1）What drove Mr.Ballestero eventually decide to sail back home？

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A．Because he bought a sailboat.
B．Because he thought family came first.
C．Because he wanted to show his bravery.
D．Because all international flights were canceled.
（2）What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 3 refer to？

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A．The sailboat.
B．The pandemic.
C．The travel around the world.
D．The task of sailing across the ocean.
（3）How did Mr.Ballestero feel when he sailed across the ocean？

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A．Afraid and sad.
B．Free and relaxed.
C．Lonely and strange.
D．Unsure and isolated.
（4）What's the best title for the passage？

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A．A Mission Accomplished
B．A Travel across Atlantic
C．A Solo Sail towards Family
D．A Journey from Portuguese to Argentina