Question

Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose（昏迷） for two months and with permanent brain injuries, Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on September 10 in Beijing, Buchan, at 52, the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3,000-meter cycling pursuit.

“You can be very upset at the world and have everyone take care of you,” Buchan said by telephone from Beijing, “or get back on your feet again.”

Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at age 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Games. She became a top American cyclist by July 1982, when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time; her accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard-shell helmets that are now common.

Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, where she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women’s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet, so Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia — she finished 9th and 10th in two races — and then successfully fought for a separate women’s cycling program beginning in 2004 in Athens, where she did not get a medal.

Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States Paralympic team for Beijing — where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.

“Barbara’s almost the leader of our team — she’s been through it all,” said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. “She’s never retired. She’s never let her body go and then come back. I don’t think age is as big of a deal as people make it out to be.”

1.According to the passage, after the accident,  ____________.

A．Buchan asked her friends to take care of her

B．cyclists started to wear helmets in competition

C．Buchan could not answer questions correctly

D．doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life

2.What’s the right order of the events related to Buchan?

a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.

b. She became a top American cyclist.

c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.

d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.

e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.

A．c-d-b-a-e          B．b-c-d-a-e          C．b-d-c-e-a          D．c-b-d-e-a

3.What does the underlined phrase “get back on your feet” in the second paragraph mean?

A．rise to your feet                        B．walk on your way

C．go beyond yourself                      D．depend on yourself

4.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．The Making of a Hero                    B．From a Loser to a Winner

C．All Roads Lead to Rome                   D．Health is Better than Wealth

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A  

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是残奥会冠军Barbara Buchan 的经历,在车祸中残疾的她没有消沉，而是通过自己的努力取得了巨大的成就。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句的内容left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive.可得出此答案D。

2.排序题。根据文中提供的信息可知,Barbara Buchan 所经历的事情的先后顺序为:①She became a top American cyclist (by July 1982).②She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.③She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.④She took part in a cycling program in Athens (in 2004).⑤She won a gold medal in Beijing (in 2008)。因此可判断答案为C。

3.句意猜测题。该短语所在的语境为:你可能会非常沮丧并让别人来照顾你,或者依靠自己, 重新振作起来。故D 项合适。

4.主旨大意题。本文讲述的是残奥会冠军Barbara Buchan 的经历,用The Making of a Hero 作文章的题目非常贴切。选A  

考点：考查人物传记类短文

点评：本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。