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【题目】The Beijing International Marathon has acquired a new name among some disappointed participants: Smogathon.

About 30,000 runners, many from other parts of China or abroad, awoke in the Chinese capital on Sunday to an orange sun glowing weakly through a dirty haze(雾霾). Some ran anyway. Some ran away. But no one cancelled on the advice of the organizers, the Chinese Athletic Association and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports, because those organizations did not call it off. That has made participants call the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which has approved the 26-mile, or 42-kilometer race, to set air quality standards in the future to avoid damaging the runners’ health. The association could not be reached by telephone on Sunday.

“Does the IAAF have guidelines?” asked Chas Pope, a British engineer who took part in the marathon on Sunday. “If they don’t, they should consider it,” said Mr. Pope, who has lived in Beijing for 11 years and runs several long-distance races each year. “It’s meant to be fun and good for your health,” Mr. Pope said of the marathon. “But in such air, it’s just ridiculous to be running,” he said. He abandoned the course. “Most of my overseas friends pulled out,” he said. “And quite a few of my Chinese friends too, but a lot didn’t. I think they don’t know as much about the health impact.”

Images on Twitter and Chinese social media showed Chinese runners wearing a variety of face protections, from light cloth masks to World War I-style gas masks. Still many completed the race without masks. “Today’s race should definitely have been called off or rescheduled,” said Zhang Kai, Beijing-based campaigner with Greenpeace East Asia. “What happened today to this sports even is just another reminder to the government that much remains to be done to China’s energy and industrial structure to solve pollution,” said Mr. Zhang. “If the battle against pollution is a marathon, it is now time to catch up on speed.”

In the end, the race was won by two Ethiopians: Girmay Birhanu Gebru won the men’s race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 42 seconds while Fatuma Sado Dergo won the women’s in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 3 seconds, breaking Chinese women’s advantage of the race for the last 22 years.

The favored Chinese woman runner, Gong Lihua, told China News Net that the smog didn’t affect her too much but it interfered with many people’s ability to sweat, affecting their performance.

【1】The underlined sentences “Some ran anyway. Some ran away.” mean _____________.

A. Some runners who dropped out returned to run.

B. Some runners gave up after running a short distance.

C. Not all runners continued to run.

D. Most runners quit the race.

【2】Why did participants call the IAAF?

A. To tell it the Beijing International Marathon was also named Smogathon.

B. To appeal to it to set air quality standards in the future.

C. To tell it the 42-kilometer race should be cancelled.

D. To appeal to it to make some laws to prevent pollution.

【3】Which of the following states does Chas Pope agree to?

A. A dirty haze is harmful to health.

B. Running in any air is good.

C. The marathon in China should be cancelled.

D. Friends should learn from each other.

【4】Zhang Kai thinks the battle against pollution _______.

A. will be the most urgent thing in China.

B. should be got rid of immediately.

C. is connected with China’s unreasonable energy and industrial structure.

D. will remind all the Chinese to reduce pollution.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析:在北京国际马拉松期间，雾霾严重，空气质量很差，但是相关部门没有取消活动。对此很多人认为国家应该设定合格的空气质量标准来确保运动员的身体健康。有关人员认为如果把消除污染看作是一场马拉松的话，到了人们开始加速进行治理的时候了。

【1】C 句意理解题。根据第三段“Most of my overseas friends pulled out,” he said. “And quite a few of my Chinese friends too,可知当时雾霾严重，有的人没有参加，选C。

【2】B推理判断题。根据第二段中……to set air quality standards in the future to avoid damaging the runners’ health可知人们打电话的目的是呼吁相关部门为了人们健康而设定空气质量标准，故选B。

【3】A 细节理解题。根据第三段Chas Pope的所作所为可知他认为雾霾对身体有害，故选A。

【4】C 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段What happened today to this sports even is just another reminder to the government that much remains to be done to China’s energy and industrial structure to solve pollution可知选C。