Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 1 ,the
record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 2 ,began to believe
be might 3 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew be had a 4 chance. Bannister had been
5 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 6 to him. Describing the 7 later,
Bannister said, "On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 8 for the start I glanced at the flag.
It moved 9 now. This was the moment when I made my decision."
"The gun fired. My legs 10 to meet no resistance, as if I was 11 forward by some unknown force. The
noise from the faithful 12 gave me greater strength. I felt the 13 of a lifetimes had come."
"I was driven on by a 14 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 15 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 16 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at (冲向) the 17 tape, I fell,
almost 18 .
"I knew I had done it, even before I 19 the time. The announcement came. "Result of the one mile…Time,
three minutes…"the test was 20 in the noise of excitement." |
( )1. A. passed along
( )2. A. coach
( )3. A. defeat
( )4. A. real
( )5. A. competing
( )6. A. eagerness
( )7. A. accident
( )8. A. did up
( )9. A. safely
( )10. A. seemed
( )11. A. dragged
( )12. A. mass
( )13. A. moment
( )14. A. concentration
( )15. A. so
( )16. A. never
( )17. A. starting
( )18. A. unconcerned
( )19. A. offered
( )20. A. stuck | B. passed down
B. athlete
B. move
B. lucky
B. training
B. pleasure
B. event
B. made up
B. heavily
B. used
B. drawn
B. residents
B. period
B. collection
B. but
B. ever
B. lasting
B. unconscious
B. told
B. involved | C. went by
C. captain
C. beat
C. serious
C. figthting
C. relief
C. issue
C. put up
C. thinly
C. happened
C. pulled
C. crowd
C. while
C. combination
C. or
C. even
C. finishing
C. unkinown
C. announced
C. lost | D. went ove
D. judge
D. break
D. false
D. attending
D. worry
D. topie
D. lined up
D. gently
D. had
D. pushed
D. team
D. date
D. cleassification
D. as
D. still
D. running
D. unnoticed
D. beard
D. spread | | 阅读理解。 | I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen.
It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this
with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I
thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would
not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength
masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划) to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me
violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found
myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys. "Do you know what you have done?" they said, "It"s
Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym, he has got his football honor."
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel
and so small. "He didn"t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word," My father, who is a great
man, is also small." At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had
better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed. | | 1. The writer thought Amery "a fair game" because the boy _____. | | A. looked like an animal B. was fond of games C. was of similar size D. was good at sports | | 2. The writer felt "ashamed" because _____. | A. he was laughed at by other boys
B. Amery turned out to be in the same grade
C. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him
D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete | | 3. By saying "My father, who is a great man, is also small", the write _____. | A. tried to please Amery
B. challenged Amery
C. threatened Amery
D. admired his father | | 4. Which of the following is TRUE? | A. The writer could run faster than Amery.
B. The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes.
C. Amery was a student in Grade Four.
D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior. | | 完型填空。 | In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while
walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2
the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in
the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 . Geese are known
to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10 .
The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She
would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small
aircraft for her.
Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or
follow him, and 16 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the
birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ( )1. A. managed
( )2. A. realized
( )3. A. helped
( )4. A. placed
( )5. A. ago
( )6. A. family
( )7. A. But
( )8. A. increased
( )9. A. ask
( )10. A. fly
( )11. A. asleep
( )12. A. idea
( )13. A. sky
( )14. A. his
( )15. A. respect
( )16. A. so
( )17. A. climbed
( )18. A. house
( )19. A. secretly
( )20. A. looked away | B. attempted
B. expected
B. decided
B. protected
B. out
B. lake
B. Also
B. improved
B. lead
B. race
B. away
B. opinion
B. heaven
B. her
B. remember
B. instead
B. looked
B. floor
B. disappointedly
B. set out | C. happened
C. imagined
C. afforded
C. treated
C. later
C. home
C. Thus
C. rose
C. want
C. swim
C. around
C. explanation
C. flight
C. their
C. recognize
C. hardly
C. reached
C. water
C. patiently
C. went by | D. supposed
D. admitted
D. meant
D. examined
D. long
D. world
D. Still
D. grew
D. allow
D. sing
D. awake
D. excuse
D. plane
D. its
D. receive
D. too
D. fell
D. ground
D. eagerly
D. turned back | | 阅读理解。 | It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming
up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.
On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he
returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour
weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries (食品杂货), saving us from
having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.
Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then
called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an
honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are
even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in
humanity (人性) as a whole. And it has influenced (影响) us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share
with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results
can be everlasting. | | 1. Why was the bike so important to the couple? | A. The man"s job was bike racing.
B. It was their only possession.
C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed.
D. They used it for work and daily life. | | 2. We can infer from the text that _____. | A. the couple worked 60 hours a week
B. people were busy before Christmas
C. the stranger brought over the bike
D. life was hard for the young family | | 3. How did people get to know the couple"s problem? | A. From radio broadcasts.
B. From a newspaper.
C. From TV news.
D. From a stranger. | | 4. What do the couple learn from their experience? | A. Strangers are usually of little help.
B. One should take care of their bike.
C. News reports make people famous.
D. An act of kindness can mean a lot. | | 阅读理解。 | A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to
waist-high ruins, smelly and dirty.
Before the trip, I"d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill,
she noticed my Louisiana license plate. "You from New Orleans?" she asked. I said I was. "No charge,"
she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and
the same thing happened.
As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we
could afford while also paying off a mortgage (抵押贷款) on our ruined house. We looked at many places,
but none was satisfactory. We"d begun to accept that we"d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances
for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California. He"d read some pieces
I"d written about our sufferings for Slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us ("no conditions attached")
a new house across the lake from New Orleans.
It sounded too good to be true, but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we had no
plans to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went to
England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet"s offer to James
Kennedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.
Throughout this painful experience, the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in
humanity. It"s almost worth losing your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when
given half a chance. | | 1. The garage employee"s attitude toward the author was that of ____. | A. unconcern
B. sympathy
C. doubt
D. tolerance | | 2. What do we know about James Kennedy? | A. He was a writer of an online magazine.
B. He was a poet at the University of Florida.
C. He offered the author a new house free of charge.
D. He learned about the author"s sufferings via e-mail. | | 3. It can be inferred from the text that ____. | A. the author"s family was in financial difficulty.
B. rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster.
C. houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area.
D. the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank. | | 4. The author learned from his experience that ____. | A. worldly possessions can be given up when necessary.
B. generosity should be encouraged in some cases.
C. people benefit from their sad stories.
D. human beings are kind after all. | 最新试题
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