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,  ____________.

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

　　There is much discussion today about whether economic (经济的) growth is desirable．At an earlier period, our desire for material wealth may have proved proper．Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems．Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast．

　　Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down．They believe that society is coming near to certain limits on growth．These include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible bad effects of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing increase in the world's population．As society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease．

　　People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world．These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world．Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial (财政的) resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization．

　　This discussion over the desirability of continued economic growth is very important to business and industry．If those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored (忽视)．To find an answer, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue discussing them with one another．

1．According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons EXCEPT that________．

[　　]

A．our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry

B．the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue

C．the world population is ever increasing

D．more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life

2．The passage is mainly about________．

[　　]

A．the importance of the discussion on economic growth

B．the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth

C．the discussion over the desirability of continued economic growth

D．the relationship between economic growth and environment

3．The underlined word proponents most probably means ________．

[　　]

A．arguments in support of something

B．disagreements

C．people who argue for something

D．people who argue against something

4．We may infer from the passage that ________．

[　　]

A．the author is objective in describing the discussion over economic growth

B．the author is for economic growth

C．the author is against continued economic growth

D．the author is worried about the problems caused by continued economic growth

While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an incredible sight． The   

a 2   start, so they were disqualified．That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to   3   against.

    I watched the man    4    off the blocks and knew immediately that something was wrong． Now I'm not an expert   5   but I do know a good dive   6  a poor one, and this was not exactly medal   7     .I listened to the crowd begin to   8   this poor man that was clearly having a   9   time． Finally he made his turn to start back． It was   10  ． He made a few desperate strokes（划水）and you could tell he was exhausted．

    But in those few    11    strokes, the crowd had changed． No longer were they laughing, but beginning to   12  ．Some even began to   13   things like, "Come on, you

can do it!" and he   14    finished his race．The crowd went   15     .Even though he recorded one of the   16   times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other   17  ．

    In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals, feeling they have   18    

been cheated out of go1d, or when they act so   19   in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog（败者）, a man that gave his all-knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of his   20  and the spirit of the games.

1．A．view                  B．event                C．game            D．match

2．A．false                 B．nervous             C．strange             D．violent

3．A．fight                B．struggle             C．defend            D．race

4．A．set                   B．bounce            C．dive             D．fall

5．A．swimmer           B．coach            C．judge            D．adviser

6．A．from              B．in                C．beyond          D．between

7．A．feature             B．quality            C．example         D．sign

8．A．break off           B．stand by          C．laugh at          D．focus on

9．A．happy              B．wonderful         C．vague            D．tough

10．A．hopeful            B．pitiful             C．boring             D．skillful

11．A．flexible            B．smart            C．awkward          D．excellent

12．A．support           B．quit             C．cheer           D．hesitate

13．A．speak            B．present            C．conclude         D．yell

14．A．eventually      B．hardly               C．successfully       D．nearly

15．A．wild             B．angry            C．sad               D．grey

16．A．fastest            B．luckiest          C．hardest         D．slowest

17．A．companions       B．competitors       C．volunteers        D．partners

18．A．somehow        B．already           C．even             D．anyway

19．A．poorly              B．carelessly         C．sharply          D．proudly

20．A． advantage     B．independence       C．determination   D．principle