题目内容
Lillan Hanson, a college junior, expects to graduate in about two years. Mrs Hanson, a rather unusual student, plans to go on to take more courses after she gets her degree. What makes Mrs Hanson different from most of her classmates?
What sets Lillian Hanson apart from the college crowd is her age-73 years. She has been going to college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Mrs Hanson graduated from high school, she went to her local bank and asked for a loan for college tuition and fees. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that country girl should be borrowing money to go to college. He thought she should be home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Mrs Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. She still lives with her husband on the farm that has been in the family for five generations.
Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.
She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is to be sitting in class for long periods of time, because she is not as agile as she used to be. Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep her joints from getting stiff. At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all gave Mrs Hanson a warm round of applause when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her goals were.
52. Mrs Hanson has gone through college .
A. rapidly and well B. slowly but surely
C. without any help at all D. as a form of entertainment
53. A person who is agile is .
A. stiff in the joints B. poor in certain subjects
C. intelligent at schoolwork D. able to move around well
54. We can learn form the passage that Mrs Hanson .
A. is troublesome at college because of her old age
B. often disturbs her teachers’ teaching by walking around in class
C. is popular and well-admired on campus
D. is good at all her subjects except computer studies
55. This story mainly about .
A. a woman too old for school
B. a persistent and unusual student
C. the hardship to get college degree
D. how to realize one’s dream
BDCB
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 16 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 17 , began to believe he might 18 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954,when Bannister knew he had a 19 chance. Bannister had been 20 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 21 to him. Describing the 22 later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 23 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 24 now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fried. My legs 25 to meet no resistance, as if I was 26 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful 27 gave me greater strength. I felt the 28 of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a 29 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 30 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 31 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at(冲向) the 32 tape, I fell, almost 33 .”
“I know I had done it, ever before I 34 the time. The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile… Time, three minutes…’ the rest was 35 in the noise of excitement.”
16. | A. passed along | B. passed down | C. went by | D. went over |
17. | A. coach | B. athlete | C. captain | D. judge |
18. | A. defeat | B. move | C. beat | D. break |
19. | A. real | B. lucky | C. serious | D. false |
20. | A. competing | B. training | C. fighting | D. attending |
21. | A. eagerness | B. pleasure | C. relief | D. worry |
22. | A. accident | B. event | C. issue | D. topic |
23. | A. did up | B. made up | C. put up | D. lined up |
24. | A. safely | B. heavily | C. thinly | D. gently |
25. | A. seemed | B. used | C. happened | D. had |
26. | A. dragged | B. drawn | C. pulled | D. pushed |
27. | A. mass | B. residents | C. crowd | D. team |
28. | A. moment | B. period | C. while | D. date |
29. | A. concentration | B. collection | C. combination | D. classification |
30. | A. so | B. but | C. or | D. as |
31. | A. never | B. ever | C. even | D. still |
32. | A. starting | B. lasting | C. finishing | D. running |
33. | A. unconcerned | B. unconscious | C. unknown | D. unnoticed |
34. | A. offered | B. told | C. announced | D. heard |
35. | A. stuck | B. involved | C. lost | D. spread |