Question

任务型阕读：阅读下面的短文，然后根据要求完成短文后面的题目。

The New York City Marathon was started by a man named Fred Lebow. It began in 1970 as a small, unimportant race. Only 127 people ran, and just 55 0fthem finished. They ran around Central Park four times. Few people watched them run. However, over the years the marathon grew and became more popular.

    Today people come from all over the world to run in the marathon. Runners must be at least 18 years old, but there is no age limit（限制）. In fact, the oldest runner was an 89-year-old man. Recently, more than 27,000 people ran in the New York City Marathon. Large crowds cheered the runners and offered them cold drinks and encouragement.

    The course(路线) of the marathon has changed, too. Instead of running around Central Park, the runners go through the five districts of New York City: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. The marathon begins at the base(基座)of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in Staten Island. The runners go across the bridge into Brooklyn. Then they go up through Queens and into the Bronx. The marathon finishes in Central Park in Manhattan. The complete course is 26. 2 miles, and takes the best runners less than 3 hours.

     Although it has changed since 1970, the New York City Marathon is always exciting. Through the years, many unusual events（事件） have happened during the marathon. For example, Pat Tuz and John Weilbaker got married a few minutes before the race. Then they ran the race with their party members. Some people run the whole marathon as a family.  Other people run the race backwards.

In the fall of 1992, Fred Lebow, the founder（创始人） ofthe New York City Marathon,  slowly ran his last race. He was very ill with cancer, but he did not want to stop running. In October 1994, Fred died.

However, the New York City, Marathon, and all its excitement, will 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）。

In the first paragraph,  it tells us____ started the New York Marathonand        it began.

2.根据短文内容完成句子（每空限填一个单词）。

A runner has to go through five          and across two____ over the river before he completes the whole course today.

3.Mike is 16 years old, can he take part in the New York City, Marathon? Why or why not?

4.把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。

5.What does the writer want us to know about the New York City Marathon from the passage?（不超过10个单词）

Answer

1.who, when

2.districts, bridge

3.No, he can’t. Because runners must be at least 18 years old.

4.然而，纽约市马拉松以及它那激动人心的场面，在未来的数年里将会留在人们心中。

5.The history of the New York City Marathon.

【解析】

试题分析： 纽约马拉松比赛是由一个名叫弗雷德雷柏。它1970年开始作为一个小的,不重要的比赛。 他们跑在中央公园的四倍。很少有人看到他们跑。然而,多年来,马拉松式的增长,成为更受欢迎。今天来自世界各地的人参加马拉松。运动员必须至少在18岁,但没有年龄限制。事实上,最古老的跑步者是一个89岁的人。最近,有27000多人在纽约马拉松比赛跑.在1992年的秋天,弗雷德雷柏,创始人参加纽约市马拉松比赛,慢慢跑他的最后一场比赛。他的癌症病得很重,但他不想停止运行。1994年10月,弗雷德死了。然而,纽约马拉松,及其所有的兴奋,将持续多年来。

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考点：故事类阅读。