Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years went by, the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister，a young English athlete, began to believe he might __11__ this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a __12__ chance.Bannister had been __13__ hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real __14__ to him.Describing the __15__ later, Bannister said, “On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I __16__ up for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved __17__ now.This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired.My legs seemed to meet no resistance，as if I was __18__ forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful __19__ gave me greater strength.I felt the __20__ of a lifetime had come.”

“I was driven on by a __21__ of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy but 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 never could have done in previous years.When I leapt at (冲向) the __22__ tape, I fell, almost __23__.”

“I knew I had done it, even before I __24__ the time.The announcement came, ‘Result of the one mile...Time，three minutes...’ the rest was __25__ in the noise of excitement.”

1.                A．defeat         B．move          C．take D．break

2.                A．real           B．lucky           C．serious   D．false

3.                A．competing      B．training         C．fighting   D．attending

4.                A．root           B．pleasure        C．relief D．worry

5.                A．accident        B．event          C．issue D．topic

6.                A．did            B．made          C．put  D．lined

7.                A．safely          B．heavily         C．thinly D．gently

8.                A．dragged        B．drawn          C．pulled    D．pushed

9.                A．mass           B．residents        C．crowd    D．team

10.               A．moment        B．period         C．while D．date

11.               A．concentration   B．collection       C．combination    D．satisfaction

12.               A．starting         B．lasting          C．finishing   D．running

13.               A．unconcerned    B．unconscious     C．unknown  D．unnoticed

14.               A．offered        B．told           C．announced D．heard

15.               A．stuck          B．involved        C．lost   D．spread

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

       One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a   41   on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from   42   to toe, explained that he had   43   out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant（怀孕的）wife and his two children    44   

at the car and said that he would hitchhike（搭便车）back.

       Once I had    45   a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both   46   , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he   47   me back.

       Before leaving, I had turned the heater   48   in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and   49  . While the little ones played and ran   50   , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the   51  .

       It was about 5 a. m. before they   52  . The young fellow asked me how much he    53  me and I told him that the petrol pump（加油泵）had   54   $ 15. He offered to pay“call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

       About a month later, I received a   55   from interstate, a large bus company that we bad been trying to   56   to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time, It   57   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most   58   person in the company.

       In his letter, he thanked me again and   59   me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station, In this   60   , a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

A．kick       B．hit     C．beat   D．knock

A．finger    B．shoulder   C．head      D．hand

A．driven    B．used      C．come     D．run

A．away     B．behind      C．over      D．out   

A．supplied B．poured      C．equipped   D．filled

A．sleeping B．crying      C．quarrellingD．fighting

A．allow     B．ring       C．lead       D．follow

A．on      B．off        C．in          D．over

A．heat       B．hot        C．warm           D．attractive

A．around B．inside       C．nearby      D．along

A．drivers B．guests       C．customers D．adults

A．left      B．arrived     C．ate        D．disappeared

A．gave    B．paid      C．owed     D．offered

A.appearedB．exhibited   C．calculated D．shown

A．call      B．letter     C．check           D．notice

A．get       B．force     C．require     D．hope

A．pointed       B．turned      C．worked     D．found

A．generousB．successfulC．serious     D．powerful

A．praised B．persuaded C．informed  D．convinced

A．lesson  B．business    C．aspect       D．case

从四个选项中选择最佳答案

　Six-year-old Lena Fugatt liked to sit beside her grandfather while he drove his 3,000-pound tractor around the family farm．One afternoon Ray Fugatt, 58, took Lean with him when he went to 　1　 a pile of brush．

　He　 2　 gasoline on the pile and set fire to it．The brush 　3　 into flames that engulfed (吞没) him 　4　 ．Screaming, Fugatt fell to the ground and 　5　 to put out the fire．Pushing himself to his 　6　 , he struggled to 　7　 Lena was on the tractor, 30 feet away．“Go get Mema,” he whispered, using Lena's name 　8　 her grandmother．Then he fell down unconsciously (失去知觉) onto the 　9　 field．

　The 　10　 on Fugatt's arms had come off, his chest was a 　11　 of deep fed blisters (泡), and his face was badly burnt．But Lena didn't 　12　 ．Afraid to leave her grandfather alone while she ran for 　13　 , she realized her only 　14　 was to drive the huge tractor to the house, a half mile away．Her grandfather had 　15　 her to drive it alone, but now the 3.5-foot-tall girl decided to do 　16　 that．

　She slid forward on the seat and used her toe to 　17　 the red starter button．The machine moved 　18　 , and Lena struggled to drive it back to the 　19　 ．When the people of emergency services arrived, there were huge 　20　 tracks in the field, showing the girl's 　21　 around trees, bushes and ditches．

　Ray Fugatt 　22　 second-and-third-degree burns 　23　 40 percent of his body but has made almost complete recovery．According to the doctor, he would not have been saved if Lena had not 　24　 so quickly ．“Lena 　25　 her cool, knew what had to be done, and did it．”

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阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案

　I don't often lose things and I'm especially careful with money, so I am quite surprised when I reached for my　　 　　　1 　and it wasn't there. At first I thought it was 　　　2 　that I could have 　　　3 　it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to 　　　4 　the taxi, so I knew I 　　　5 　it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered 　　　6 　it was possible that it could have slipped out of my pocket while I was 　　　7 　dinner. Thinking about that 　　　8 　, I turned and walked back to the table 　　　9 　I had been sitting.　　 　　　10 　, there were several people sitting at the table at the time, so I called the 　　　11 　and explained to him that my wallet had 　　　12 　out of my pocket while I was sitting at that table a few minutes 　　　13 　. I had the waiter go 　　　14 　to the table to 　　　15 　if my wallet was on the 　　　16 　. While the waiter was looking 　　　17 　it, the manager of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was 　　　18 　. I didn't want to get a lot of people involved (卷入) in the 　　　19 　, but I knew I had to get the wallet 　　　20 　. I told the manager what had happened. He had me describe (描述) the wallet to him, and then he insisted that I should report the 　　　21 　wallet to the police. I told him that I didn't want to get the police involved in it; 　　　22 　, I was in a hurry 　　　23 　I had an appointment (约会) with my doctor in a few hours. I explained to him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay my check. He told me not to 　　　24 　about that. He had me write down my name and 　　　25 　, and he said he would send me a bill.