题目内容
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 1 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 2 , began to believe he might 3 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a 4 chance.Bannister had been 5 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 6 to him.Describing the 7 later, Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I 8 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 9 now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired.My legs 10 to meet no resistance, as if I was 11 forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful 12 gave me greater strength.I felt the 13 of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a 14 of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy 15 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 16 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at(冲向)the 17 tape, I fell, almost 18 .
“I knew I had done it, even before I 19 the time. The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the rest was 20 in the noise of excitement.”
1. A. passed along B. passed down C. went by D. went over
2. A. coach B. athlete C. captain D. judge
3. A. defeat B. move C. beat D. break
4. A. real B. lucky C. serious D. false
5. A. competing B. training C. fighting D. attending
6. A. eagerness B. pleasure C. relief D. worry
7. A. accident B. event C. issue D. topic
8. A. did up B. made up C. put up D. lined up
9. A. safely B. heavily C. thinly D. gently
10. A. seemed B. used C. happened D. had
11. A. dragged B. drawn C. pulled D. pushed
12. A. mass B. residents C. crowd D. team
13. A. moment B. period C. while D. date
14. A.concentration B. collection C. combination D. classification
15. A. so B. but C. or D. as
16. A. never B. ever C. even D. still
17. A. starting B. lasting C. finishing D. running
18. A. unconcerned B. unconscious C. unknown D. unnoticed
19. A. offered B. told C. announced D. heard
20. A. stuck B. involved C. lost D. spread
1---5 CBDAB 6---10 DBDDA 11---15 DCACB 16---20 ACBDC
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 31 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 32 , began to believe he might 33 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a 34 chance. Bannister had been 35 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 36 to him. Describing the 37 later, Bannister said,” On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 38 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 39 now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired. My legs 40 to meet no resistance, as if I was 41 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful 42 gave me greater strength. I felt the 43 of a lifetimes had come.”
“I was driven on by a 44 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 45 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 46 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at(冲向)the 47 tape, I fell, almost 48 .
“I knew I had done it, even before I 49 the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was 50 in the noise of excitement.”
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