题目内容
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.”
【小题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 |
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 |
A.rise to your feet | B.walk on your way |
C.go beyond yourself | D.depend on yourself |
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 |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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。
Brazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazil’s population belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited(继承) being Portugal’s colony(殖民地).
Historically, the country was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic(半游牧的) people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated(孤立) from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above foreign people immigrated(移民) to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became the residents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese people do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly.
The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugal’s colony for a very long time. The southern states mainly consist of European population and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population don’t believe any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or Judaism.
Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship(独裁) of Getulo Vargas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country.
【小题1】Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about ______.
A.22 years | B.300 years | C.322 years | D.328 years |
A.Maria I | B.Pedro I | C.immigrants | D.Getulo Vargas |
A.religion | B.history | C.culture | D.political situation |
A.Brazil was isolated from other countries when Maria I stayed there. |
B.The industry of the country started working in 1888. |
C.Brazil has the largest population of Catholics in the world. |
D.Some people in Brazil don’t believe any god. |
A.western culture | B.modern culture |
C.traditional culture | D.mixed culture |
One of the most important events in the Olympic Games is the Marathon race. It _ 16_ one of the great events in Greek history.
In 490 B.C .about 10,000 Greeks fought _ 17_ the Persian army at a place _18__ Marathon. It is said that the Persians were ten times as many as the Greeks .However , __19_ the brave attack of the Greeks , the Persians were badly beaten and _20__ away from the plain of Marathon . When the Persians had run away, a soldier, who was the most famous _ 21 _in Athens, was ordered to carry the good news to the city _22_ full speed.
Although he had fought through the battle and received many wounds, the soldier at once started off towards the _23_ city. It was twenty-six miles _24__ the plain of Marathon to the marketplace of Athens, where the elders of Athens had gathered waiting for news. He ran and ran __25_ hills and across plains. As he went on, his lips became dry and he breathed hard. But he thought of the _26__ of the people of Athens __27_ hearing the news, and he ran harder than ever.
The elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering (蹒跚)towards them . "Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!" gasped the soldier, and fell down __28__ .
In __29_ of this noble soldier, the Marathon race _30__ the athletes run this same distance became an event in the Olympic Games.
1. |
A.came from |
B.came about |
C. came out |
D.came round |
2. |
A. in |
B. against |
C. for |
D. with |
3. |
A. call |
B. calling |
C. to be called |
D. called |
4. |
A. in |
B. with |
C. by |
D. because |
5. |
A. taken |
B. made |
C. driving |
D. driven |
6. |
A. player |
B. runner |
C. soldier |
D. officer |
7. |
A. in |
B. by |
C. on |
D. at |
8. |
A. far |
B. distant |
C. away |
D. off |
9. |
A. to |
B. from |
C. in |
D. at |
10. |
A. above |
B. across |
C. through |
D. over |
11. |
A. sadness |
B. joy |
C. anger |
D. surprise |
12. |
A. on |
B. in |
C. from |
D. with |
13. |
A. dead |
B. death |
C. died |
D. dying |
14. |
A. remember |
B. front |
C. honour |
D. the hope |
15. |
A. by which |
B. from which |
C.through which |
D. in which |