阅读理解 For a while, my neighbourhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑者 - 高中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解     For a while, my neighbourhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑者 ) . They  were  there
all  the  time : early  mornings, noons,and evenings. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young
couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. "Come on !" My friend Alex encouraged me
to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. " You"ll feel great. "
      Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up
jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience,
jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who
left our neighbourhood jogging army,l"m not alone in my opinion.
      First of all ,jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet take a  real pounding (重击) running  down  a  road  for  two  or  three miles. I developed foot,leg, and back problems. Then I read about a
nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging,
and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn"t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any
physical weaknesses,jogging will surely bring them out , as they did with me.
     Secondly,  I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes
isn" t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, " I love being out there with just
my thoughts. " Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and
most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
      And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn"t just the first week : it was
practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn"t fun. What a cruel  way
to  do  it !  So  many  other exercises , including  walking , lead
to almost the same results painlessly , so why jog?
       I don"t jog any more , and  I  don"t think  I  ever will. I"m walking two miles three times a week at a
fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I"m getting exercise, and I"m
enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging,and I"ve found a lot of better ways to
stay in shape.1. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer"s neighbourhood ___________. A. jogging became very popular
B. people jogged only during the daytime
C. Alex organized an army of joggers
D. jogging provided a chance to get together2. The underlined word "them" ( Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _________.A. heart attacks
B. back problems
C. famous joggers
D. physical weaknesses3. What was the writer"s attitude towards jogging in the beginning? A. He felt it was worth a try.
B. He was very fond of it.
C. He was strongly against it.
D. He thought it must be painful.4. Why did the writer give up jogging two months later? A. He disliked doing exercise outside.
B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C. He was afraid of having a heart attack.
D. He was worried about being left alone.5. F"rom the writer"s experience,we can conclude that________. A. not everyone enjoys jogging
B. he is the only person who hates jogging
C. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
D. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport

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完形填空     Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man,
often___1___that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so___2___ with the
city that he had to leave.
     So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend,when Terry and his wife were
busily __3___ in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ___4___. Terry was regretful to have
forgotten bringing along ___5___ and had to wait __6__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light and
hesitant __7__ on his door that were clear in the ___8___night.
    "Who" s it?" he wondered. Terry had no __9___ in the new city, and this was the moment he especially
hated to be __10___. So he went to the door and opened it __11___ . At the door was a little girl,  shyly
asking,  " Sir,  do you have candles? I"m your neighbor. " " No, "  answered Terry in anger and shut the
door__12___ .  " What a nuisance(讨厌) ! "  he complained over it with his wife.   " No sooner had we
settled down than the neighbor came to___13____ things. "
    After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside___14____this
time she was___15____ two candles,  saying,  " My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might
need candles. She ___16____ me here to give you these. " Terry
was ___17____ dumb by what he saw.
     At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __18___ in life. It was his ___19____ and
harshness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was  __20___ nobody else but
himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

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(     )1 .A. complaining
(     )2. A. inspired
(     )3. A. abandoned
(     )4. A. went on
(     )5 .A. candles
(     )6. A. happily
(     )7. A. steps
(     )8. A. dark
(     )9. A. acquaintances
(     )10. A. offered
(     )11. A. cheerfully
(     )12. A. gently
(     )13. A. lend
(     )14. A. And
(     )15. A. holding
(     )16. A. suggested
(     )17. A. frightened
(     )18. A. failure
(     )19. A. warmth
(     )20. A. doubtfully

B. reflecting
B. disappointed
B. wasted
B. went down
B.  matches
B. patiently
B. words
B. quiet
B. enemies
B. disturbed
B. intently
B. deliberately
B. sell
B. But
B. hiding
B. forbad
B.  disturbed
B. success
B. coldness
B. hardly

C. praying
C. thrilled
C. absorbed
C. went out
C. lights
C. willingly
C. knocks
C. noisy
C. neighbors
C. embarrassed
C. impatiently
C. slightly
C. purchase
C. So
C. fetching
C. sent
C.  confused
C. complaint
C. kindness
C. actually

D. pretending
D. encouraged
D. occupied
D. went through
D. flashlights
D. helplessly
D. screams
D. crowded
D. bosses
D. panicked
D. relevantly
D. abruptly
D. borrow
D. For
D. seeking
D. forced
D. struck
D. determination
D. sympathy
D. specifically

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     Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose  (昏迷)  for two months and with
permanent brain injuries ,Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on
September  10  in  Beijing , Buchan , at 52 , the oldest member of the
United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class  in the
  individual 3 , 000-meter cycling pursuit.
     " You can be very upset and have everyone take care of you , " Buchan said by telephone from
Beijing, " or get back on your feet again."
      Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Cames. She became
a top American cyclist by July 1982,when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors
doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time :  her
accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard shell helmets that are now common.
      Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul,where
she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women"s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet. So
Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia-she finished 9th and 10th in two races-and then successfully fought for a separate women"s cycling program
beginning in 2004 in Athens,where she did not get a medal.
    Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States
Paralympic team for Beijing-where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.
    " Barbara"s almost the leader of our team-she"s been through it all," said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. " She"s never retired. She"s never let her body go and then come back. I don"t think age is
as big of a deal as people make it out to be. "

1. According to the text , after the accident,___________.

A. Buchan asked her friends to take care of her
B. cyclists started to wear helmets in competition
C. Buchan could not answer questions correctly
D. doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life

22. What"s the right order of the events related to Buchan?
    a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.
    b. She became a top American cyclist.
    c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.
    d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.
    e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.

A. c,d,b,a,e
B. b,c,d,a,e
C. b,d,c,e,a
D. c,b,d,e,a

3. What does the underlined phrase " get back on your feet" in the second paragraph mean?

A. Rise to your feet.
B. Walk on your way.
C. Go beyond yourself.
D. Depend on yourself.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. The Making of a Hero
B. From a Loser to a Winner
C. All Roads Lead to Rome
D. Health Is Better than Wealth

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    When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I
could__1__ tough subjects and really Iearn something. One such course was World
Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he__2_ in class.
     When l took the first exam ,I was __3__ to find a 77 , C-plus , on my test paper, __4__ Fnglish was
my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne , who listened to my arguments but remained __5__ .
      I decided to try harder,although I didn"t know what that __6__ because school had always been easy
for me. I read the books more carefully,but got another 77. Again,I__7__ with Professor Jayne. Again , he
listened patiently but wouldn"t change his __8__.
     One more test before the final exam. One more__9__ to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts
and ,for the first time,__10__the meaning of the word" thorough". But my_11_did no good and everything
_12__as before.
      The last hurdLe (障碍) was the final. No matter what _13_ got,it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I
might as well kiss the _14_ goodbye.
      I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the
final , I even  _15_ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have __16_ with a test.
      A week later,l was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He _17_ to be
expecting me. " If I  gave you the As you__18_,you wouldn"t continue to work as hard. "
      I stared at  him._19_ that  his  analysis  and  strategy (策略)were correct. I had worked my head _20 , as I had never done before
      I was speechless when my course grade arrived : A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year
I received my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson : you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

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The Thanksgiving Day____1____ (come) ;a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children___2___poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that __3__0f them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was surprised___4___the picture Douglas handed in-a smile childishly drawn hand. But___5___ hand? The class was puzzled by the abstract image. "I think it ___6___ be the hand of God that brings us food," said one child. " ___7___ farmer." said another, " because he grows the turkeys. " Finally when the others were at work , the teacher bent over Douglas" desk and asked whose hand it was. "It"s 8 hand, Teacher, " he answered. She recalled that frequently after class she had taken Douglas , a short lonely child by the __9 . She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone"s Thanksgiving,not for the material things 10 ( give) to us but for the chance,in whatever small way , to give to others.
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