The New York City Marathon was started by a man named Fred LebowIt began in 1970 as a smallunimportant raceOnly 127 people ranand just 55 of them finishedThey ran around Central Park four timesFew people watched them runHoweverover the years the marathon grew and became more popular

Today people come from all over the world to run in the marathonRunners must be at least 18 years oldbut there is no age limit限制).In factthe oldest runner was an 89-year-old manRecentlymore than 27,000 people ran in the New York City MarathonLarge crowds cheered the runners and offered them cold drinks and encouragement

The course路线of the marathon has changedtooInstead of running around Central Parkthe runners go through the five districts of New York CityQueensBrooklynManhattanthe Bronxand Staten IslandThe marathon begins at the base基座of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in Staten IslandThe runners go across the bridge into BrooklynThen they go up through Queens and into the BronxThe marathon finishes in Central Park in ManhattanThe complete course is 26.2 milesand takes the best runners less than 3 hours

Although it has changed since 1970the New York City Marathon is always excitingThrough the yearsmany unusual events事件have happened during the marathonFor examplePat Tuz and John Weilbaker got married a few minutes before the raceThen they ran the race with their party membersSome people run the whole marathon as a familyOther people run the race backwards

In the fall of 1992Fred Lebowthe founder创始人of the New York City Marathonslowly ran his last raceHe was very ill with cancerbut he did not want to stop runningIn October 1994Fred diedHoweverthe New York City Marathonand all its excitementwill continue for many years to come

1.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)

The course of the New York City Marathon in 1970 was to                    the Central Park four times

2.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)。

Look at the mapA runner has to go across                    over the river before he completes the whole course

3.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)。

In October 1994                  to Fred Lebowthe founder of the New York City Marathon

4把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。

5根据短文内容回答问题不超过10个单词

What does the writer want us to know about the New York City Marathon from the passage?

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