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Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had   36   over 50 pounds. “I decided to   37  ,” she says. She took a clock and started   38   what she did every day, and then she   39   an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble（泡沫）baths with a candle   40  , because Cosmopolitan Magazine   41   that this would be good for me. But I got   42   of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the   43   times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up   44  .

She decided to start   45   the next day. She ran for an hour,   46   a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks   47   I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in   48   with the after effects of it.

Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for   49   distance runners. Over the next years, she   50   records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon   51  than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records   52   an 8-month period.

Patti believes that, if we can   53   standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult   54   and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an   55   and everybody has that in them.”

1.A. lost           B. gained               C. earned           D. reduced

2.A. change         B. move                 C. walk            D. cry

3.A. remembering    B. collecting           C. sharing         D. recording

4.A. set out          B. set up             C. set aside        D. set about

5.A. lit              B. swung              C. surrounded       D. burnt

6.A. spoke            B. said              C. wrote            D. went

7.A. afraid         B. fond                 C. tired            D. ashamed

8.A. happiest         B. saddest            C. loneliest        D. luckiest

9.A. smoking          B. bathing            C. dieting          D. running

10.A. only            B. right              C. even             D. again

11.A. overcoming     B. spreading           C. passing          D. covering

12.A. but             B. although           C. since            D. because

13.A. peace           B. line              C. love             D. touch

14.A. men             B. women              C. adult           D. children

15.A. kept            B. held              C. broke            D. cleared

16.A. faster          B. more               C. slower           D. rather

17.A. for             B. over               C. at               D. on

18.A. set             B. follow             C. require          D. seek

19.A. pleasures      B. pities              C. challenges       D. purposes

20.A. expert          B. runner             C. athlete          D. champion

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文講述了一個曾經喜歡抽煙不喜歡運動的女士，在決定減肥后，開始了每天的跑步，最后成為了女子馬拉松冠軍，并幾次自己打破紀錄。

1.考查動詞辨析。根據下文她要決定減肥，故選gained.

2.考查動詞辨析。他決定改變(change)自己。

3.考查動詞辨析。考試記錄(reording)每天所做的事情。

4.考查動詞短語辨析。set aside留出 set out 開始做某事 set up建立 set about著手做某事。每天留出一個小時作為對她有利的時間。

5.考查動詞辨析。with復合結構with a candle lit蠟燭是被點著的，故用過去分詞。

6.考查動詞辨析。雜志上說，應用say或read，但不能用write.

7.考查形容詞辨析。很快他又厭倦了。get tired of對…感到厭倦

8.考查形容詞辨析。她發現最幸福的(happiest)時光就是做體育運動的時間。

9.考查動詞辨析。take up running開始跑步。根據后面的ran for an hour,可知答案為D。

10.考查副詞辨析。就在第二天開始。right恰好，就在。

11.考查動詞辨析。表示行走了多少路程，用cover。

12.考查連詞辨析。前后為因果關系，我不能跑兩個星期因為我全身疼痛。

13.考查名詞辨析。be in love with愛上…

14.考查名詞辨析。后面多次提到是女子馬拉松，故選women。

15.考查動詞辨析。break records打破記錄。

16.考查形容詞辨析。修飾run應該用fast.這里是比較級。

17.考查介詞辨析。over表示“throughout a period of time”，故用over。

18.考查動詞辨析。根據前面的set standards for，可知，答案為A。

19.考查名詞辨析。我們能使我們自己走出最困難的挑戰。

20.考查名詞辨析。champion冠軍；每個人都必須成為一個冠軍。