Question

     Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title(冠軍), says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.

     Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: "Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism (批評)"

    "In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me."

    She didn't care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.

    "Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn't spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted (聯系) me."

    Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.

    "In New York I wasn't in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race. "      

     Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday's race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.

     However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.

     "I don't think that -- although I can't put a number on it," said. Radcliffe. "That changes from person to person."

      Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.

     Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.

     Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.

63. Radcliffe's failure in Athens made her ________.

     A. develop respect for Liz      B. love people around her more

     C. rest for five months          D. face criticism calmly     

64. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

     A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.

     B. Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.

     C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.

     D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.

65. By saying "I can't put a number on it," Radcliffe means she's not sure _____ .

     A. if she has the ability to set a new world record

     B. if she can win another race though she has won many times

     C. how many times a marathon runner can set the world record

     D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times      

66. According to the text, Radcliffe has won ____ London marathon title(s).

      A. four         B. three         C. two         D. one     

67. What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?

      A. Practice makes perfect.                 B. Well begun is half done.

      C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.  D. Where there is a will there is a way.

Answer 1

63.D 64.B 65.C 66.C 67.D

解析:

63.解析：這是一道細節推斷題。根據第二段“Radcliffe，who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10 000 m last August，said：‘Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.’”可判斷出Radcliffe在奧運會上的失利使她冷靜地面對批評。

64.解析：這是一道判斷正誤題。根據第七段“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”可判斷出在紐約她還沒有恢復過來。

65.解析：這是一道猜義題。根據上段中“marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world－class times”和下句“That changes from person to person.”可猜測出她說這句話的意思是她不能保證一位馬拉松選手能獲勝多少次。

66.解析：這是一道細節推斷題。根據倒數第三段“Following a successful three－month training period in the United States，the 31－year－old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.”可判斷出她兩次在倫敦獲得冠軍。

67.解析：這是一道主旨題。這篇短文講述了Radcliffe雖然在奧運會上失利，但是她仍然拼搏著，她的行為說明有志者事竟成。