Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(马拉松运动员) can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
1.What made Jean take part in sports?
A．She was brave.
B．She was competitive.
C．She was strong.
D．She was disabled.
2.What kind of education did she receive?
A．High school.
B．Junior middle school.
C．High education.
D．Primary school.
3.What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?
A．Work hard. B．Hope for the best.
C．Dream a lot. D．Have great wishes and work hard.
根据句意选择单词或短语，并用适当形式填空。(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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in general 2. content with. 3.badly off 4.overcome 5.pick out 6.star in 7.defend 8.in advance 9.come to life 10. at ease 11. unique 12. be famous for 13. turn one’s back to |
1.He isn’t a real friend. When Sally was in troulbe , he ______________her.
2.We will make every effort to our motherland
3.Before you make a speech, you should prepare for it ____________ and plan what to say.
4. Do you know who _____________ the film charlie chaplin
5.He was really ___________ when he was abroad studying for his degree.
6.Everybody is created equal and ___________.
7.She has got a good job and has got married , so she is rather ___________her life now.
8.When she _____________, she found herself lying in bed in a hospital.
9.She could easily __________________ her children from the crowd.
10. She was too nervous when she first came here. I could hardly put her ___________ at that time.
A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet 36 anything about the Chinese 37 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 38 given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not 39 and she also found this type of tea rather 40 . However, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it 41 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not 42 , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host 43 giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had 44 , but it seemed to have no 45 . Her cup kept being 46 , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her 47 , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just 48 the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 49 culture, she felt it too 50 to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!
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1.A. got |
B. learned |
C. taught |
D. remembered |
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2.A. culture |
B. language |
C. food |
D. habit |
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3.A. hardly |
B. certainly |
C. carefully |
D. immediately |
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4.A. tired |
B. happy |
C. thirsty |
D. interested |
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5.A. bitter |
B. sweet |
C. nice |
D. cold |
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6.A. in time |
B. slowly |
C. gradually |
D. quickly |
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7.A. take |
B. have |
C. like |
D. buy |
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8.A. practised |
B. insisted on |
C. stopped |
D. tried |
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9.A. some |
B. enough |
C. all |
D. a little |
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10.A. value |
B. end |
C. effect |
D. importance |
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11.A. filled |
B. moved |
C. changed |
D. emptied |
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12.A. talk |
B. visit |
C. party |
D. investigation |
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13.A. left |
B. drunk |
C. absorbed |
D. filled |
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14.A. modern |
B. ancient |
C. Western |
D. Eastern |
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15.A. impolite |
B. polite |
C. easy |
D. uneasy |
I was reading attentively in my own room ________ suddenly he knocked at the door.
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A.when |
B. while |
C.then |
D. as |
He has five___________ , and they are all doctors working in the same hospital .
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A.sons- in-laws |
B. son-in-laws |
C. sons-in-law |
D. son in laws |
I still remember_________to the Famen Temple by my uncle when I was five .
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A. to take |
B. to be taken |
C. taking |
D. being taken |
