My life as a ‘runner’ began by running in a playground near my home in order to

My life as a ‘runner’ began by running in a playground near my home in order to

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My life as a ‘runner’ began by running in a playground near my home in order to lose weight about 2 years ago. As time went by, I found myself so good at running that sometimes, I even forgot how many rounds I ran around the playground.
Thanks to all this practice, I was able to win the 5th place in short course marathon game at ‘BASF Yeosu Site Athletic Competition’ held in October 2002. This event inspired(鼓舞)me to take part in public short-course marathon games such as 10km, 20km and half-course competitions. Finally, in May 2003, I was able to complete a full course (路线) marathon for the first time of my life. My next challenge was the Boston Marathon race, which is the world"s oldest and most famous marathon races. To qualify for the Boston Marathon, one should meet the designated time standard of their age group at a certified marathon. So I took part in ChunCheon Marathon in Korea. I had to finish the full coursewithin 3 hours and 30 minutes to meet the time standard for my age group (45 to 49 years old). But to my pleasant surprise, I recorded 3 hours 22 minutes, which is 25 minute faster than my previous best record!
In April 2004, I was finally able to go to Boston. I was very pleased and proud because I could play a role to promote BASF all across the world through this sport. And it really happened! When I ran in the Boston Marathon wearing BASF logo(标记), people along the streets rooted for me shouting ‘BASF! BASF!’. I was very touched and so proud of my company. Of course I completed the full course successfully. After the game, I was interviewed by Korean local newspapers and had an opportunity to appear on several TV shows, which helped me to promote BASF in the community.
小题1:The author first began running in order to ______.
A.build up his strengthB.prepare for a marathon race
C.lose weightD.train for a sport meet
小题2: From the passage we can learn that BASF is ______.
A.a companyB.a book
C.a piece of sports equipmentD.a city
小题3:We learn from the passage that the author is NOW______.
A.in his thirtiesB.in his late forties
C.in his twentiesD.in his fifties
小题4:According to the passage, the author first took part in a full course marathon in ______.
A.2002B.2003C.2004D.2005

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
It was a winter afternoon.Some friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talking.We talked and talked and soon   36  became the topic.Suddenly I   37  upon an idea.“Wouldn’t it be fun to go swimming ? Others go   38  in winter,but why couldn’t we ?   39  , we could be healthier if we did.”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea   40 .
Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop,with bags in our hands  41   
for a bus to take us to the  42 .The sky was clear;the sun was shining,but it was very cold all the same.  43 0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wall.We all felt we should go ___44__ but no one wanted to speak out .
We soon reached the sands.There was nobody there,but we were not discouraged.Instead we were   45  that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather.  46  we changed our clothes quickly.
But things were not going so  47 .The freezing sea wind was blowing.We left very cold and  48 all over.At last we made up our minds to   49 into the water.We put our feet in first,   __50__ to take them back very quickly.The water was unbelievably cold.
Then I suggested we all jump in.We all went back ten steps .  I gave the  51 ,and we all rushed forward and jumped in.I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up __52__and rushed again to the shore.So it was with my friends.We   53  0ur clothes as quickly as possible.
On the way back home,we talked about this unforgettable   54 .The four of us did not __55____ school for the following three days.We all suffered a lot from a very bad cold,but we thought it was all worth it.
小题1:
A.filmsB.musicC.sportsD.plays
小题2:
A.caughtB.fellC.cameD.hit
小题3:
A.swimmingB.skatingC.skiingD.camping
小题4:
A.SpeciallyB.BesidesC.ReallyD.Clearly
小题5:
A.indeedB.surelyC.certainlyD.truly
小题6:
A.1ookingB.searchingC.waitingD.asking
小题7:
A.riverB.lakeC.poolD.sands
小题8:
A.EvenB.YetC.IfD.And
小题9:
A.aheadB.forwardC.awayD.back
小题10:
A.excitedB.happyC.proudD.lonely
小题11:
A.SoB.HoweverC.StillD.Or
小题12:
A.wrongB.rightC.badD.smooth
小题13:
A.walkedB.changedC.trembledD.hid
小题14:
A.goB.dropC.funD.rush
小题15:
A.justB.thenC.onlyD.but
小题16:
A.messageB.orderC.markD.information
小题17:
A.slowlyB.nervouslyC.happilyD.immediately
小题18:
A.had onB.put onC.woreD.dressed
小题19:
A.1ifeB.experimentC.chanceD.experience
小题20:
A.attendB.reachC.enterD.go

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Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:
You"re on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He"s dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, "I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school." Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?
I"ve asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?
A.Only the clever people can answer the question rightly.
B.Some people refuse to answer such a silly question.
C.Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question.
D.Most of the people have the same answer.
小题2:What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______.
A.not a true storyB.a true story
C.a strange storyD.just a joke
小题3:Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______.
A.he wants to find the answer for a research
B.he is interested in such a question
C.he likes to make fun of people at parties
D.he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something
小题4:Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?
A.You give the money to your friend"s son.
B.You give the money to your son for medical school.
C.You keep the money for your future medical care.
D.You keep the money for your friend"s son.

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The World"s Largest Insect
This giant insect can be used as a toy.
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child"s head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.
The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.
African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.
小题1:The African Goliath beetle is _______. 
A.the world"s largest insect
B.a toy used in many parts of the world
C.the only insect found in Africa
D.the world"s smallest insect
小题2:What made the whirring sound that the child heard?
A.The curved string. B.The beetle"s soft wings.
C.The beetle"s six legs. D.The beetle"s body.
小题3: We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______. 
A.makes a whirring sound when it fliesB.has both soft and hard wings
C.has six legs and a body with three parts D.can fly
小题4:When flying, the Goliath steers by_______. 
A.turning its soft back wings
B.twisting and turning its hard front wings
C.twisting and turning its legs
D.twisting and turning its whole body

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Swedish master medical photographer Lennart Nilsson is a pioneer in medical photography.In association with researchers and with the help of advanced, specially designed equipment, he has documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell with his camera.
Born in Strängnäs, a satellite city of Stockholm, in 1922, Nilsson got his first camera from his father when he was 11 years old.From the early stage, he has been interested in looking at ants and taking photos of them.Throughout the years, he has devoted special attention to capturing the creation of a human being, from conception to birth.
In 2006 when his photo book Life was published in both Swedish and English, he was invited to give a lecture at the Stockholm bookstore.He vividly described to the public how he took the photos so that the development process of the embryo can be understood better.Finally when he was signing his name in the book, I asked him what made him so passionate about working on this, he stopped writing and thought for a second, “I think it is the respect for life,” Nilsson said.
Nilsson began his career as a photographic journalist in the middle of the 1940s and published a number of photo-essays in Swedish and foreign magazines, including "Polar Bear Hunting in Spitzbergen" (1947) and Midwife.
“When I went to the professor to take the embryo photo, I was looking around and then I saw something which was unbelievable, it was a tiny human embryo lies in a very special place, a 10-20 millimeter embryo with hands, arms and eyes, and I got a shock,” Nilsson said.
Nilsson began experimenting with new photographic techniques in the mid-1950s to report on the world of ants and life in the sea.His revealing macro-studies were published in his book on ants, Myror (1959), and in the Life in the Sea (1959), and in Close to Nature (1984).In the 1960s special designed, very slim endoscopes (内窥镜))made it possible for him to photograph the blood vessels and the cavities (空洞) of the body with the necessary depth of field and, in 1970, he used a scanning electron microscope for the first time, he was also considered the pioneer for three dimension digital pictures of the body organs.
After his photographs of human embryo were published, he was encouraged to continue photographing the origins of human being.
Nilsson is very modest and sincere.At age of nearly 88, he is still cooperating with colleagues in Karolinska Institute where the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is selected every year.
“He can forget all the other things when he is working and he is still working diligently,” Mrs Nilsson told People’s Daily Online.
小题1:Why does Nilsson want to document the creation of a human being?
A.Because he is a pioneer in medical photography.
B.Because he has been interested in taking photos.
C.Because he thinks it a way to show respect for life.
D.Because he wished to win a Nobel Prize.
小题2:What can we learn from the passage?
A.Nilsson was the only expert in medical photography.
B.Nilsson’s camera is specially designed.
C.Nilsson’s photo book Life is better received than his other books.
D.Nilsson has always been working alone.
小题3:How many books written by Nilsson are mentioned in this passage?
A.3.B.4.C.5.D.6.
小题4:Which of the following word can Not be used to describe Nilsson?
A.Passionate.B.Devoted.C.Forgetful.D.Dillgent.
小题5:What can be the title for the passage?
A.Nilsson, a pioneer medical photographer.
B.Nilsson, a pioneer medical publisher
C.Nilsson, a person of rich experience
D.Nilsson, a talented photographer

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阅读下面短文,将标有A~F的段落或句子插入文章中题号为1~5的恰当位置,使全篇文章意义完整,结构连贯。注意:1)有一个选项是多余的;2)如选E请填涂AB;选F请填涂CD.
Freezing can keep food fresh and safe to eat. Freezing lowers the food temperature below zero degree Celsius. That is the point where water turns to ice.  小题1: , it is important to lower the temperature to between minus fifteen and minus twenty degrees Celsius as quickly as possible. The faster the freezing process is, the fresher the taste of the food.
Fruits and vegetables can be spread out inside the freezer. Once the food is frozen,   小题2: . Fruits are usually not cooked before they are frozen. This allows them to keep their fresh taste. The simplest way to prepare fruits is to cut them up and place them in a container inside the freeze before putting it in the container. This will keep it from sticking to the container. This is called the “dry pack” method.
 小题3: , The fruit is prepared along with some of its liquid or juice. You can ad some sugar to fruits that are naturally juicy. The sugar sweetens the fruit and brings out its natural juices.
 小题4: . Blanching means placing the vegetables in boiling water for a few minutes and then quickly placing them into very cold water. Blanching slows down the natural chemical aging process. All extra water should be removed before placing the vegetables into containers and freezing.   小题5: .
A.it should be placed in containers and then stored at a temperature of about minus twenty degrees Celsius
B.Vegetables are either cooked or blanched before freezing
C.To start the freezing process
D.To keep them fresh for a long time
E. The second way is the “wet pack” method
F. Most foods can be stored frozen for up to one year
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