Question

After the Summer Olympics are over ,when all the athletcs and viewers have gone home and the television audience has swiched off , another group of athletcs and fans will arrive at the host city , and another compctition will begin.These are the Parnlympics,the games for athlctcs with a disability .But in Beijing in 2008 ,for the first time,one of the greatest parulympians will not be taking part.

Sbc is a Britishby the name of Tanni Grey-Thompsun.Boyn with spina hifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waint down,Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7.At first,she was not keen on sporn,apart from horse-riding,which gave her a sense of freedom.But in her teens,she started tsking sports more seriously.She tried swimming,basketball and tennis.Eventually she found athletics,and never looked back.

 Indeed ,Tanni’s  athletic career took off .In 1984,when she was 15,she pulled off a surpaise victort in the 100 metres at the Junior NationalWheelchair Games.

 In 1988 ,Tanni went to her first ParalympicGames in Scoul.She bronze in the 400 metres.Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona.Paralympics.Tanni won gold in the 100,200,400 and 800 metres relay,setting two world records      in the proceas.In the same year she achicved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.

  Tanni’s enduring success has been part motivation(動(dòng)機(jī))，part preparation.      “The training I do that enable me to be a good sprinter(短跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員) enable me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I went to race …I am still competing at a very high level,but as I get oider things get harder and I went to retire before I fall apart. ”

 Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Gammes.

In spite of ups and downs,she never takes her fate lying down.In her splendid life ,she has won an amazing eleven gold medals,four silvers and one bronze in a series of Paralympics---a top lever athletic career covering two decades .She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times ,more than any other competitor ,and she has set over thirty woyld records.

What advice does she have for young athletes ? “Work hard at your studies ,and then train,train again.”

56.Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?

A.      Basketball .   B.Swimming .   C.Tennis.   D.Horse-riding

57.When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?

A.In 1984.      B.In 1988.   C.In 1992.   D.In 2007.   

58.The underlined word “that’’in the 5 th paragrath refers to_______ .

A. fifty weeks＇training               B. being a good sprinter

C. training almost every day            D.part motivation and part preparation

59. What＇s the right order of the events relaterd to Tanny?

a.She works as a coach.                 b.She took up athletics .

c.She won four gold medals in Barcelons .  d.She competed in her first Paraiympic Games.

e.She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathun.

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

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

60. What can we learn form Tanni＇s success?

A. Union is strongth                     B.Never too late to learn

C. Well begun is half done                D. No pains , no gains

Answer 1

56. D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中At first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom.一句中“be (not)keen on(不喜歡)…”、“apart from(除了…..之外)”就可得出正確答案。

57.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合第四段中Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay,… 可以推出正確答案。

58.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。誤選A選項(xiàng)的學(xué)生只單純看到了前面的“I train 50 weeks of the year that…”，他們沒(méi)有聯(lián)系前兩句“The training I do that enables me…”，由于斷章取義而導(dǎo)致丟分。

59. A.解答本題只要用代入淘汰法就行，很顯然She works as a coach.是最后才發(fā)生的事情，故a小點(diǎn)只能排最后。

60.D.該題為主旨概括題，讀懂整篇文章就不難得出正確答案。