Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, nor a world record broken, but a show of someone’s strong determination to win.
The event was a swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them made mistake when they started, so they were kicked out. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what’s important.
I watch the man jump into the water and knew right away that something was wrong. Now I’m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he was swimming, the crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man that was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. He tried his best, but clearly he was exhausted.
But when they saw the man keeping on trying , they stopped laughing and beginning to cheer. Some even to stand and say: “Come , you can do it!” and “ Go for it！”
A few minutes later ,this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as manners.
In a competition where players remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch this game.
A man that gave his all-knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of the spirit of the games.
（1）When did the event happen?
A. in the evening
B. in the afternoon
C.in the morning
D.one night
（2）The underlined word “exhausted” in paragraph 4 in closest in meaning to _______.
A.confident
B.very tired
C.happy
D.very angry
（3）When did the man in the article learn to swim?
A.When he was a child
B.Three years ago
C.About one year ago
D.Many years ago
（4）Why did the crowd laugh at the man at first?
A.Because they thought his swimming skill is bad.
B.Because they didn’t like him.
C.Because the man was funny.
D.Because the man was stupid.
（5）What can we learn from the passage?
A.The writer is an expert in swimming
B.There are many swimmers in the competition.
C.The man is hard-working
D.The man was well trained for swimming.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）B
（3）C
（4）A
（5）C
【解析】
⑴细节理解。根据第一段第一句While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight可知是一天晚上在看奥运比赛的时候，故选D。
⑵词义猜测。根据第四段句意：最后他转身往回游，他尽了最大努力，但是明显精疲力尽了。confident自信的；very tired非常疲劳的；happy高兴的；very angry非常生气的。故选B。
⑶细节理解。根据倒数第三段Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced.可知一年前还不会游泳，更不用说比赛，故选C。
⑷推理判断。根据第三段Now I’m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality可知我虽然不是专业的但是还能分得出跳跃的好坏，他不具备奖牌的实力。故选A。
⑸细节理解。根据文章第四段He tried his best, but clearly he was exhausted.可知他尽最大的努力，倒数第三段的Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced可知他一年前还不会游泳，所以他是一个勤奋的人。故选C。