题目内容
7.Questions:A.What should people look out for when buying a new pair of sports shoes?
B.What kind of technology might we see in sports shoes of the future?
C.Will a more expensive shoe make me run faster or jump higher,as the ads suggest?
D.When you say that expensive shoes are no better at preventing injury than cheap ones,is it true?
E.Some people say we should run just as well without shoes.What's your opinion of that?
F.You helped develop the unstable Masai MBT shoes.Does this design actually work?
46.D
Nigg's Answer:That is a little bit overstated.But the relative frequency of running injuries doesn't seem to have changed much in the past 30years,in spite of all the developments in sports shoe design.The literature shows that shoes are a minor player in injury development.If you take a group of people and want to injure them,send them out every day for a 20-kilometre run.A lot of them will be injured in three weeks.The major factors are the distance run,the intensity and recovery time,not the shoes.
47.A
Nigg's Answer:The problem is that if you go to a store and want to find your best shoes,you don't know what to do.Things that are sometimes done,like video analysis of your rear foot movement,may not help.The only way to assess whether a shoe is right for you is how it feels.If you feel comfortable in a shoe,it's likely to be good for you.We did a study with soldiers where we gave them six different inserts,and they chose the one they liked best.In four months those with inserts had 53per cent fewer injuries than those without.
48.C
Nigg's Answer:A shoe may act as a training device,making some muscles to function more effectively for a majority of users.Or it may use materials that last longer.That may have something to do with its price.However,for the average runner it is difficult to distinguish between actual functional designs and unnecessary features.Generally,the more a shoe controls movement,the more it acts like a cast,which means you have some muscles that don't work any more.This may mean that you lose some muscle strength,and your feet are more likely to be injured.
49.E
Nigg's Answer:There are claims that there are fewer injuries when you run barefoot,but there is not yet enough evidence,or enough research,to prove that.If you look at performance,most papers suggest an advantage of 3to 4per cent.With a few exceptions-Abebe Bikila in 1960and Zola Budd in the 1980s-people don't run barefoot,so it may be that it's not an advantage,or it may be that we're just not used to it.
50.F
Nigg's Answer:Yes,for about 80per cent of people.The major benefits are training the small muscles crossing the ankle joint,and a reduction of knee and lower back pain.However,some claims for these unstable shoes are overstated,such as the general muscle strengthening that they are claimed to produce.
分析 加拿大运动鞋设计专家Benno Nigg曾为当今众多运动明星设计过多款运动鞋,如Masai MBT运动鞋.在接受采访时,Nigg回答了记者的5个问题.
解答 46-50 DACEF
46:D 在所有的选项中,只有D项与本部分中提到的injury吻合.
47:A 本部分叙述的是如何挑选称心如意而又适合自己的运动鞋,故选A.
48:C 本部分阐述的是鞋在运动过程中的功能,故选C.
49:E 结合本部分中的unstable以及问题中的unstable可判断选F项.
50:F 结合本部分中的barefoot以及问题中的without shoes可判断选E项
点评 1)从意思上判断 在做题时最重要的是要读懂空白前后的句子,正确理解了这些句子后,根据意思的连贯性、逻辑性或者线索词从选项中选取正确答案.在读懂意思的基础上,再利用线索特征词等进一步确认答案.
2)从词汇上锁定线索 做保持对一些线索词的敏感是非常重要的,要好好关注空白前后的名词和动词,然后在选项中查找它们的近义词、反义词、同义词、同类词等.其次是一些专有名词,比如说数词、代词、时间、年代、地点/名称等.尤其是在读不懂句子的情况下,利用这样的线索词寻找答案是很有效的方法.
3)从关联词作为切入点 通常,英语的句段之间经常会运用关联词表示过渡和衔接,让文章的思路与更清楚、逻辑更连贯,因此文章中和选项中表示各种逻辑关系的路标性信号词在选择答案时都是很重要的线索.在做题时可将这三个层面的线索很好地结合起来.例如,在看到表示并列或递进关系的关联词时,一般表示前后句子的名词或句意具有同指性;而表示转折让步关系的词则往往表示前后句子的名词同指,但句意对立,或褒贬对立或肯否对立;而表示例证关系的词则意味着在举例之前或之后有表述概念或某一观点的句子,往往会有复数名词出现.
-You ______ get one if you are admitted to a key middle school.( )
A. | could | B. | shall | C. | may | D. | can |
A. | reserve | B. | preserve | C. | defend | D. | keep |
Gleams of light appeared from windows of (37)C houses,shining like jewels in all the dark.
A (38)C woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was (39)C on a lonely road,while the merciless rain was(40)D her without pause.She knocked at the door,and a (41)Aanswered it.She begged him to let her stay a while (42)C.The boy then let her into the sitting room and (43)B her sitting by the fire.
The woman (44)Cold and tired under the bright electric light,(45)D she was only in her early thirties.She sat (46)D for a moment,and then her eyes began to look about the (47)A.When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man,she (48)Bup,looking thunderstruck.Just then,the boy came with his (49)A.The man at once recognized the woman as his (50)A.They had (51)D touch with each other during the war,and he thought he had lost her forever.
(52)Cwords needed to be spoken,They embraced each other(53)B the boy stared at them,puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared.Feeling very (54)C,the couple stood face to face with their child between them,watching the rain as it gradually (55)B.
36.A.pouring | B.falling | C.dropping | D.flooding |
37.A.poor | B.black | C.faraway | D.nearby |
38.A.rich | B.beautiful | C.poor | D.ugly |
39.A.crying | B.wandering | C.struggling | D.wondering |
40.A.striking | B.hitting | C.flowing | D.beating |
41.A.boy | B.girl | C.woman | D.man |
42.A.out | B.near | C.outside | D.inside |
43.A.made | B.left | C.asked | D.told |
44.A.became | B.showed | C.appeared | D.sounded |
45.A.so | B.and | C.however | D.though |
46.A.straight | B.thirsty | C.hungry | D.still |
47.A.room | B.house | C.picture | D.fire |
48.A.picked | B.stood | C.came | D.looked |
49.A.father | B.mother | C.friend | D.brother |
50.A.wife | B.sister | C.mother | D.girlfriend |
51.A.kept | B.got | C.made | D.lost |
52.A.Much | B.Many | C.No | D.Not |
53.A.as | B.while | C.when | D.since |
54.A.disappointed | B.sorry | C.happy | D.sad |
55.A.began | B.stopped | C.ended | D.wanted |
Then from the dark skies,she saw a line of swans moving steadily and gracefully to the(23)east.Suddenly the leader swung to the right,then the white line became a white circle and(24)floatedfrom the top of the sky downward,and finally(25)landedon the ice.As the swans surrounded the(26)frozengoose,she feared the poor goose might lose its(27)lifequickly.
Instead,amazingly instead,those swans began to woke(用利喙啄) on the ice.The long(28)neckswere lifted and curved down,again and again; it went on for a long time.At last,the goose's head(29)lifted.Its body pulled.Then the goose was(30)free.Following the31leader,the swans rose again.As the goose was(33)movingits big feet slowly,the swans stood in the air watching.(33)Then,as if it had cried,"I cannot fly,"four of the swans came down (34)aroundit.Their powerful beaks scraped the goose's wings from top to bottom,scuttled under its wings and(35)rode upits body,chipping off the ice held in the feathers.(36)Whenat last the wings were able to spread and reach their fullest,the four swans(37)tookoff and joined their group,going on with their eastward journey.Behind them,rising with incredible speed and(38)thanks,the goose moved into the(39)skyand joined the elegant line.
My friend watched them until they(40)disappeared.Only then did she realize that tears were running down her cheeks.She said to herself:"If so for birds,why not for man?"
21.A.still | B.gentle | C.friendly | D.eager |
22.A.window | B.water | C.ice | D.ground |
23.A.west | B.east | C.south | D.north |
24.A.floated | B.led | C.rolled | D.threw |
25.A.worked | B.stood | C.landed | D.walked |
26.A.folded | B.frozen | C.fallen | D.broken |
27.A.energy | B.patience | C.life | D.strength |
28.A.necks | B.hands | C.arms | D.eyes |
29.A.lifted | B.bent | C.raised | D.trembled |
30.A.awake | B.tired | C.annoyed | D.free |
31.A.goose | B.river | C.line | D.leader |
32.A.defending | B.examining | C.moving | D.covering |
33.A.Naturally | B.Then | C.Therefore | D.Even |
34.A.above | B.around | C.over | D.within |
35.A.rode up | B.pushed against | C.dropped over | D.threw at |
36.A.Before | B.When | C.Supposing | D.If |
37.A.took | B.broke | C.paid | D.called |
38.A.thanks | B.courage | C.promises | D.perseverance |
39.A.sky | B.group | C.snow | D.nest |
40.A.finished | B.met | C.returned | D.disappeared |