Question

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years went by, the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister，a young English athlete, began to believe he might __11__ this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a __12__ chance.Bannister had been __13__ hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real __14__ to him.Describing the __15__ later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I __16__ up for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved __17__ now.This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired.My legs seemed to meet no resistance，as if I was __18__ forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful __19__ gave me greater strength.I felt the __20__ of a lifetime had come.”

“I was driven on by a __21__ of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy but 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 never could have done in previous years.When I leapt at (沖向) the __22__ tape, I fell, almost __23__.”

“I knew I had done it, even before I __24__ the time.The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile...Time，three minutes...’ the rest was __25__ in the noise of excitement.”

1.                A．defeat         B．move          C．take D．break

 

2.                A．real           B．lucky           C．serious   D．false

 

3.                A．competing      B．training         C．fighting   D．attending

 

4.                A．root           B．pleasure        C．relief D．worry

 

5.                A．accident        B．event          C．issue D．topic

 

6.                A．did            B．made          C．put  D．lined

 

7.                A．safely          B．heavily         C．thinly D．gently

 

8.                A．dragged        B．drawn          C．pulled    D．pushed

 

9.                A．mass           B．residents        C．crowd    D．team

 

10.               A．moment        B．period         C．while D．date

 

11.               A．concentration   B．collection       C．combination    D．satisfaction

 

12.               A．starting         B．lasting          C．finishing   D．running

 

13.               A．unconcerned    B．unconscious     C．unknown  D．unnoticed

 

14.               A．offered        B．told           C．announced D．heard

 

15.               A．stuck          B．involved        C．lost   D．spread

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一名英國的年青人是如何打破紀錄的事情。

1.考查動詞：A.defeat擊敗B．move移動C．take帶走D．break打破，根據動詞和賓語的邏輯搭配的解題方法得知，“障礙”應該搭配“打破”D

2.考查形容詞：A.real真的B．lucky幸運C．serious嚴肅D．false假的，修飾“機會”的形容詞，符合上下文的應該是“真正的”。選 A

3.考查動詞：A.competing競爭B．training訓練C．fighting爭吵D．attending參加，Bannister 一直在刻苦訓練，身體很健康。選B

4.考查名詞：A.root根源B．pleasure快樂C．relief寬慰D．worry擔心，天氣狀況是他擔心的事情。選D

5.考查名詞：A.accident 事故B．event事件，賽事C．issue問題D．topic話題，因為Bannister描述的是體育賽事，event表示體育賽事，體育項目。如。The next event will be the 100 yards race. 下一個比賽項目是100碼賽跑。選B

6.考查動詞：A.did做B．made制作 C．put放 D．lined排隊，根據常識提供的信息：運動員在起點處準備起跑時是排成直線站（lined up for the start）準備起跑。別的選項不合上下文。選D

7.考查副詞：A.safely安全的B．heavily 重的C．thinly稀薄的D．gently溫柔的，根據常識提供的信息：旗子正在風中應該是（gently）輕柔地飄著D

8.考查動詞：A.dragged拖B．drawn拉C．pulled拉D．pushed推，根據情景提供的信息：槍剛響，在起點處的運動員比較擁擠，所以說“好像被往向前（pushed）推一樣”。選 D

9.考查名詞：A.mass大眾B．residents居民C．crowd人群D．team隊伍，忠實的群眾的聲音給我更大的力量。選C

10.考查名詞：A.moment時刻B．period階段C．while一段時間D．date日期，我感到終身的時刻就要到了。選A

11.考查名詞：A.concentration集中B．collection收集C．combination結合D．satisfaction滿意，根據后面fear and pride的提示，可以得知是一種恐懼和自豪相結合的感覺。選C

12.考查動詞：A.starting開始B．lasting持續C．finishing完成D．running跑，當我沖過終點線。選C

13.考查形容詞：A.unconcerned不關心B．unconscious無意識的C．unknown不知道的D．unnoticed不注意的，根據情景描述，“沖動終點，摔倒了”，幾乎失去（unconscious）知覺符合邏輯。

選B

14.考查動詞：A.offered提供 B．told告訴C．announced宣布D．heard聽見，在我聽見計時前我就知道自己做到了，選D

15.考查動詞：A.stuck卡住B．involved涉及C．lost 失去D．spread傳播，指計時的聲音消失在興奮的聲音中。選C

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：本文主要是測試學生綜合運用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對英語習慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規則的靈活運用。考生做題時必須時刻從上下文考慮，不應該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內是否可行。因此，在做題時最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。