Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minut
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Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years went by, the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister，a young English athlete, began to believe he might __11__ this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a __12__ chance.Bannister had been __13__ hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real __14__ to him.Describing the __15__ later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I __16__ up for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved __17__ now.This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired.My legs seemed to meet no resistance，as if I was __18__ forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful __19__ gave me greater strength.I felt the __20__ of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a __21__ of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy but it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they never could have done in previous years.When I leapt at (冲向) the __22__ tape, I fell, almost __23__.”
“I knew I had done it, even before I __24__ the time.The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile...Time，three minutes...’ the rest was __25__ in the noise of excitement.”
| 小题1: | | A．defeat | B．move | C．take | D．break |
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| 小题2: | | A．real | B．lucky | C．serious | D．false |
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| 小题3: | | A．competing | B．training | C．fighting | D．attending |
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| 小题4: | | A．root | B．pleasure | C．relief | D．worry |
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| 小题5: | | A．accident | B．event | C．issue | D．topic |
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| 小题7: | | A．safely | B．heavily | C．thinly | D．gently |
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| 小题8: | | A．dragged | B．drawn | C．pulled | D．pushed |
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| 小题9: | | A．mass | B．residents | C．crowd | D．team |
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| 小题10: | | A．moment | B．period | C．while | D．date |
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| 小题11: | | A．concentration | B．collection | C．combination | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题12: | | A．starting | B．lasting | C．finishing | D．running |
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| 小题13: | | A．unconcerned | B．unconscious | C．unknown | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题14: | | A．offered | B．told | C．announced | D．heard |
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| 小题15: | | A．stuck | B．involved | C．lost | D．spread |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:C |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述的是一名英国的年青人是如何打破纪录的事情。
小题1:考查动词：A.defeat击败B．move移动C．take带走D．break打破，根据动词和宾语的逻辑搭配的解题方法得知，“障碍”应该搭配“打破”D
小题2:考查形容词：A.real真的B．lucky幸运C．serious严肃D．false假的，修饰“机会”的形容词，符合上下文的应该是“真正的”。选 A
小题3:考查动词：A.competing竞争B．training训练C．fighting争吵D．attending参加，Bannister 一直在刻苦训练，身体很健康。选B
小题4:考查名词：A.root根源B．pleasure快乐C．relief宽慰D．worry担心，天气状况是他担心的事情。选D
小题5:考查名词：A.accident 事故B．event事件，赛事C．issue问题D．topic话题，因为Bannister描述的是体育赛事，event表示体育赛事，体育项目。如。The next event will be the 100 yards race. 下一个比赛项目是100码赛跑。选B
小题6:考查动词：A.did做B．made制作 C．put放 D．lined排队，根据常识提供的信息：运动员在起点处准备起跑时是排成直线站（lined up for the start）准备起跑。别的选项不合上下文。选D
小题7:考查副词：A.safely安全的B．heavily 重的C．thinly稀薄的D．gently温柔的，根据常识提供的信息：旗子正在风中应该是（gently）轻柔地飘着D
小题8:考查动词：A.dragged拖B．drawn拉C．pulled拉D．pushed推，根据情景提供的信息：枪刚响，在起点处的运动员比较拥挤，所以说“好像被往向前（pushed）推一样”。选 D
小题9:考查名词：A.mass大众B．residents居民C．crowd人群D．team队伍，忠实的群众的声音给我更大的力量。选C
小题10:考查名词：A.moment时刻B．period阶段C．while一段时间D．date日期，我感到终身的时刻就要到了。选A
小题11:考查名词：A.concentration集中B．collection收集C．combination结合D．satisfaction满意，根据后面fear and pride的提示，可以得知是一种恐惧和自豪相结合的感觉。选C
小题12:考查动词：A.starting开始B．lasting持续C．finishing完成D．running跑，当我冲过终点线。选C
小题13:考查形容词：A.unconcerned不关心B．unconscious无意识的C．unknown不知道的D．unnoticed不注意的，根据情景描述，“冲动终点，摔倒了”，几乎失去（unconscious）知觉符合逻辑。
选B
小题14:考查动词：A.offered提供 B．told告诉C．announced宣布D．heard听见，在我听见计时前我就知道自己做到了，选D
小题15:考查动词：A.stuck卡住B．involved涉及C．lost 失去D．spread传播，指计时的声音消失在兴奋的声音中。选C
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
举一反三
“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”
“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.
“I won’t. I’ll apply to (申请) Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.
In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆发) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”
Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”
Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good doctor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”
Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”
Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (员工),” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.
小题1:The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.| A．Refused | B．Praised | C．Changed | D．Accepted |
小题2: Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.| A．excited | B．calm | C．satisfied | D．angry |
小题3: In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.| A．persuade Emily to come to help the sick | B．ask Emily to study medicine if she died | | C．warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemic | D．tell Emily she would graduate from college |
小题4:We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.| A．received strong support from her sister | B．refused to go to study at Yale University | | C．founded a medical college after graduation | D．was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts |
小题5:Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?| A．Humorous. | B．Honest. | C．Determined. | D．Careful. |
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Before she appeared on the reality show (真人秀) Britain"s Got Talent, Susan Boyle was just an ordinary middleaged British woman.Now all this is going to change.
She lives in a house with her cat Pebbles in a tiny Scottish town.Because of learning difficulties, she doesn"t have much education.But what she does have is a very good voice.As a kid, she sang in church and choirs and school plays.For a living, she sang at local pubs.
When she took the stage on April 10th her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed just_one_step_up_from rags.The audience laughed at her.
But then she opened her mouth.A few bars into the song and the laughing audience went silent.A beautiful voice was singing I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables.Everyone was amazed.At the end of her song, the audience jumped to their feet and applauded wildly.
Almost overnight, Susan became a household name.She won fans and millions of admirers.Her online videos have drawn over 85.2 million hits.
Susan"s story proved the truth of an old saying: “Never judge the book by its cover.” Susan may look ordinary, and doesn"t have much dress sense, but she can certainly sing.
Susan"s fans admire her courage, as much as they do her voice.She has experienced mockery and many disappointments, but her love for music has kept her going, which is worth anyone"s respect.
小题1:According to the passage, Susan Boyle ________.| A．is a famous young actress | B．became famous after a show | | C．used to be a good student | D．is good at dancing and has millions of admirers |
小题2:The underlined phrase “just one step up from” in the third paragraph probably means ________.| A．far from | B．close to | C．different from | D．the same as |
小题3:The audience jumped and applauded wildly because ________.| A．her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed just one step up from rags | | B．she looked very funny | | C．she sang so well that everyone was amazed | | D．she made a foolish mistake in the end |
小题4:Susan Boyle has many fans now because of ________.| A．her beautiful face | B．her knowing how to dress | | C．her good education | D．her beautiful voice and courage |
小题5:The passage is mainly about ________.| A．how to win fans | B．how to sing well | | C．a woman"s sudden success | D．a woman"s simple life |
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Ling Ruiming has long dreamed of traveling around the world. But when the 86-year-old man was diagnosed with terminal cancer, it 48 that his dream would never come true.
49 a micro blog his granddaughter Ling Yifan posted on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, Ling Ruiming was able to travel around the world within several days.
“My grandpa is sick with few days 50 ,” she wrote. “All he wanted to do is to travel around the world. Could you please do him a favor of taking him around the world by taking a photo with his 51 at your place?”
Within three hours, the post was forwarded (转发) tens of thousands of times. Ling Yifan has 52 more than 20,000 replies with photos of her grandfather’s portrait at places around the world, including the River Thames in England and the Berlin Wall in Germany, even a picture at the South Pole.
Her grandfather was delighted and grateful to see his photo 53 different backgrounds from all over the world. Ling Yifan said, “It was not until three months ago, when my grandfather was diagnosed and moved to Peking University Third Hospital, that I realized the love between family members is the most precious and 54 part of life. What I did is just my way to fulfill the grandpa’s dream and 55 some of his regrets.”
| 小题1: | | A．looked | B．proved | C．supposed | D．appeared |
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| 小题2: | | A．As for | B．Thanks to | C．Regard to | D．Result in |
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| 小题3: | | A．remained | B．followed | C．left | D．stayed |
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| 小题4: | | A．book | B．diary | C．portrait | D．map |
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| 小题5: | | A．received | B．accepted | C．owned | D．sent |
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| 小题7: | | A．honorable | B．responsible | C．unforgettable | D．irreplaceable |
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| 小题8: | | A．reduce | B．remove | C．replace | D．reply |
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完形填空（共20小题;每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an 36____ into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 37____．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38____ that the couple would finally become disappointed and 39____．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40____．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41____ face．The lady told him, “We had a son that 42____ Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was 43____ here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 44____ a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved．Instead, he was 45____．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a 46____ ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47____ quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 48____ to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and 49____ at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any 50____ how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 51____, because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52____? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．53____ their offer was turned down．Mr.and Mrs.Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 54____ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55____ about．
| 小题1: | | A．choice | B．decision | C．acquaintance | D．appointment |
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| 小题2: | | A．waiting | B．standing | C．sitting | D．talking |
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| 小题3: | | A．hoping | B．finding | C．realizing | D．imagining |
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| 小题4: | | A．go down | B．go out | C．go away | D．go around |
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| 小题5: | | A．hopelessly | B．carefully | C．unexpectedly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题6: | | A．pleasant | B．funny | C．cold | D．sad |
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| 小题7: | | A．attended | B．visited | C．studied | D．served |
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| 小题8: | | A．clever | B．brave | C．proud | D．happy |
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| 小题9: | | A．set about | B．set up | C．set down | D．set off |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfied | B．excited | C．shocked | D．ashamed |
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| 小题11: | | A．park | B．cemetery | C．garden | D．museum |
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| 小题12: | | A．explained | B．expressed | C．refused | D．admitted |
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| 小题13: | | A．building | B．yard | C．playground | D．square |
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| 小题14: | | A．laughed | B．shouted | C．glanced | D．called |
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| 小题15: | | A．suggestion | B．idea | C．thought | D．opinion |
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| 小题16: | | A．bored | B．astonished | C．interested | D．pleased |
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| 小题17: | | A．department | B．university | C．business | D．club |
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| 小题18: | | A．Once | B．While | C．Since | D．Though |
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| 小题19: | | A．named | B．looked | C．taken | D．followed |
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| 小题20: | | A．talked | B．knew | C．heard | D．cared |
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My parents were in a huge argument, and I was really upset about it. I didn’t know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend’s house. Though I knew I wouldn’t tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.
I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I’d stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, “Great opportunity(机会)”
“ What is ?” I asked.
“ To talk, you and I,” he said. “To hold a private little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we’re going to do with ourselves now that we’re in the situation we are in.”
“But we can’t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same “boat” as I was.
And that’s how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting there in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life—from how fast things change, to how they sometimes don’t change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be.
Suddenly, the lights all came back on. “Well,” he said, “ I guess that means you’ll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”
小题1: I wished to get out of the house because ______________| A．I was angry about my parents’ quarrel（争吵） | | B．I found nobody to share my feelings with | | C．I wanted to escape from the dark house | | D．I planned to tell my friend about my trouble |
小题2:Grandpa was happy to see me because _____________| A．he could discuss the problem with me | | B．he had not seen me for a long time | | C．he was afraid of darkness | | D．he felt quite lonely |
小题3:What can be inferred from the passage?| A．The grandchild was eager to leave. | | B．They would have more chats. | | C．The lights would go out again. | | D．It would no longer be dark. |
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