In 490 B.C. the Greek messenger, Pheidippides , ran about 40 kilometers from the town of “Marathon”to Athens to announce the victory of Athens over Macedon . Since then ,the 42–kilometer “Marathon”race has become a great test for athletes. However, for many years , only men were allowed to run this race , because the distance was said to be unbearable for women. In 1966, an American women named Roberta Gibb proved that idea wrong.
Gibb had always enjoyed running .One day in 1964 , she saw the Boston Marathon happening as she was running in the woods. Since running meant a lot to her, she began training harder , hoping to join the marathon some day.
Gibb finally applied to run in the 1966 Boston Marathon, but she was not given entrance because the Boston Marathon Association considered that women were not strong enough to run 42 kilometers . Yet, this was no obstacle to Gibb, for she knew she had the physical and mental strength to complete the race .On the day the 1966 Boston Marathon was held , Gibb hid in the bushes and jumped into the race when it began. She finished the race in 3 hours and 21 minutes, defeating two thirds of the men in the race and proving that women could run the marathon.
Although what Gibb did was only to realize her dream, in doing so she showed the world that women could accomplish greater things than many people believed they could.
1.why were women forbidden to run the 42–km marathon ?
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A．Training was only provided for men . |
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B．Women could not work as messengers. |
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C．Women were believed too weak to finish it. |
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D．It was a race held only for professional athletes |
2.What did Roberta Gibb do to prepare herself for the Boston Marathon ?
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A．She dressed herself as a man. |
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B．She trained herself harder than before. |
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C．She found a job in the Boston Marathon Association . |
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D．She hid in the bushes, waiting for the end of the race. |
3.What happened to Gibb in the 1966 Boston Marathon?
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A．Her application wasn’t accepted. |
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B．She was asked to train harder . |
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C．Her determination amazed people. |
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D．She was welcome to run the race. |
4.According to the text ,what can we learn from Roberta Gibb’s story?
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A．Most women ran slower than men in marathons. |
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B．Joining marathons is the best way to prove one’s strength. |
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C．It takes at least two years to train to become a marathon runner. |
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D．Women may be able to achieve greater things than they’re expected. |
George selected his food in Value Mart carefully. He estimated he had ___36___ 80 cents today. He was pleased he had got good ___37___ for his money again.
At the exit, the freezing wind ___38___ him of his gloves. He was sure he was wearing them when entering the___39___. He made a search of his pockets. Then he thought they must have been ___40___ somewhere in the store. George had bought the black gloves for ＄35 ten years ago. They were leather, soft and durable. Until then, he had worn cheaper man-made material that never lasted long. His ___41___ to buy the gloves turned out to be good, which even ___42___ his position on the bus, as poorer passengers stared at him ___43___.
George re-entered the store. He followed the same ___44___ he had walked before, ___45___ at the bread counter, to the dairy section, the shelf where salt and sugar were placed. It did not take long to be ___46___ that the gloves were not there. His ___47___ grew heavier.“People have changed”,he ___48___ .“Years ago, if somebody ___49___ something lost, they would give it back.”
Yet he did not give up .This time he focused on the gloves on other shoppers’ ___50___ .Suddenly he ___51___ a lady nearby wearing a black pair of gloves. He said“Hi !”But when the surprised lady returned his ___52___, his eyes dropped to the floor, for the fingers of her gloves were too small for him.
Without gloves, he had to ___53___ his hands into his sleeves. Back home, George was ___54___. He could not do without gloves. George decided to buy another leather pair. But before that, he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any ___55___ his gloves hand been returned to the lost and found office. The girl looked into her drawer and took out a pair of men’s leather gloves.“Are they ?”
“Yes ! Mine !”George shouted with joy.
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A．Should you require |
B．You should require |
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C．Must you require |
D．You must require |
Practice greeting your teacher and classmates in English. Remember !
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A．smiling |
B．to smile |
C．to be smiling |
D．having smiled |
I would have grabbed the ball if I closer to it.
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A．was |
B．were |
C．would be |
D．had been |
The saying “Old friends and old wine are best” means the things and people ____ we know are better than the unfamiliar.
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B．which |
C．that |
D．who |
