What makes 15,000 men and women run for hours, and what makes them run through the streets on a cold day without coats? I was one of those runners.  The race is called marathon (马拉松).

I had never run more than eight miles before, and here I was training.  Since the race is in April, I had to run throughout the winter, and in Boston, winters are cold. For most people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. I found myself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks (人行道). Even in gloves, my fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. My nose didn't get warm until lunchtime !

Finally, the big day arrived. The weather was cold, with ice and rain. Bang! The gun sounded, and we started. I didn't go anywhere at first because I was standing behind so many people. I had to wait for them to move.

At first, the running was easy.  The other runners just seemed to pull me along. Somewhere around the 20-mile mark I even said to myself, "This is nothing, why did I train so hard?"

Then I hit "the wall". "The wall" is what marathon runners call the special point. I knew my body reached the point and I thought I couldn't go any more. I was out of breath and my legs turned into pieces of wood.  I was almost falling down.  I can't remember anything about the last five miles of the race.

I kept running though. At last, I heard a voice at the finishing line.

"You look good," my friend Ted said. "How did it feel?"

"Wonderful !" I replied.

For everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. I finished the race, at least, in my heart, I was the winner.

1.Which one best describes the weather on the race day?

2. How did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 miles?

3. According to the article, what must someone do to prepare for a marathon?

4.Then I hit "the wall". What do you think "hit the wall" means here?

Miss Williams is a teacher, and there are thirty children in her class. They are nice children, and Miss Williams like them all, but they often lose (丢失)some of the clothes. It’s winter, and the weather is very cold. The children’s mothers always take them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves（手套）. The children come into the classroom in the morning and take off their coats and hats and gloves, and put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.
Last Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and the next morning, she asked the children, “Whose gloves are these?” But no one answered. “Haven’t you got blue gloves, Dick?” she asked him.
“Yes, Miss Williams,” he answered, “but those can’t be mine. I’ve lost already.”
【小题1】In winter, the children wore (穿) coats and gloves to _____.

1.Those are orange coats.（改为单数）

____1____ ____2____ orange coat.

2.I go to the school library every Tuesday. （改为一般疑问句）

   3   you go to the school library every Tuesday?

3.Kate lives in a tall building in the middle of the city.  (改为否定句)

Kate   4    ____5____ in a tall building in the middle of the city.

4.The teacher has some books in his hand.  (同义句改写)

_____6_____ ____7______ some books in the teacher’s hand.

5.The model plane is Nick and Peter’s. (对划线部分提问)

____8____ is the model plane?

6.There is only one photo on the wall. (对划线部分提问)

_   9_____ _____10______ _____11______ _____12______ there on the wall?

7.We can read books in the reading room. (对划线部分提问)

____13_____      14    you _____15_____ in the reading room?

8.She often goes shopping after supper. (就划线部分提问)

   16         17    she often     18    shopping?

9.We go to school five days a week.

    19        20     do you go to school?