Question

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 31 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    32  , began to believe he might  33  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a   34  chance. Bannister had been  35  hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real  36 to him. Describing the   37   later, Bannister said,” On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  38  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  39  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired. My legs  40  to meet no resistance, as if I was  41  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  42 gave me greater strength. I felt the  43  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a  44  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   45   it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they  46  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the    47  tape, I fell, almost   48  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  49  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  50  in the noise of excitement.”

1.                A．passed along     B．passed down     C．went by  D．went over

2.                A．coach          B．athlete         C．captain   D．judge

3.                A．defeat         B．move          C．beat D．break

4.                A．real           B．lucky           C．serious   D．false

5.                A．competing      B．training         C．fighting   D．attending

6.                A．eagerness       B．pleasure        C．relief D．worry

7.                A．accident        B．event          C．issue D．topic

8.                A．did up          B．made up        C．put up    D．lined up

9.                A．safely          B．heavily         C．thinly D．gently

10.               A．seemed        B．used           C．happened D．had

11.               A．dragged        B．drawn          C．pulled D．pushed

12.               A．mass           B．residents       C．crowd D．team

13.               A．moment        B．period         C．while D．date

14.               A．concentration   B．collection       C．combination    D．classification

15.               A．so             B．but            C．or    D．as

16.               A．never          B．ever           C．even D．still

17.               A．starting         B．lasting          C．finishing   D．running

18.               A．unconcerned    B．unconscious     C．unknown  D．unnoticed

19.               A．offered        B．told           C．announced D．heard

20.               A．stuck          B．involved        C．lost   D．spread

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，主要描述了Roger Bannister打破一英里田径赛跑记录的过程及感受。

1.C。as time went by 随着时间的推移。

2.B 由下文可知,Bannister是一位田径运动员。

3.D  break the barrier 打破这一障碍。

4.A  Bannister知道真正的机会来了。 real 真的，真实的，符合语境。

5.B 承接上文。Bannister 为此机会一直在进行辛苦的训练。

6.D 由but 表转折可知，天气状况是他所担心的一件事。

7.B  event指具有重要意义的“历史事件”，也可引申为一般的“重大赛事”。

8.D  line up排队等候；do up包扎,重新整修；收拾齐整make up化妆，虚构；put up搭建，.举起，抬起。

9.D 根据下文，“这是我下定决心的时刻”可知风现在应该是轻轻地吹拂着。与上文“在去跑道的路上风刮得很猛”形成对比，现在风平静下来，是比赛的好时机。

10.A 由下文as if 可知，我的双腿看起来没有遇到任何阻力。

11.D 好像我被一种无形的力量推着往前跑。

12.C 从上文noise可知，应该是人群中发出来的呼声。crowd  n.人群, 群众,一伙

13.A 我感到一生中期盼的时刻来了，moment时刻。

14.C 由下文fear and pride可知，应用combination。

15.B 根据语境“我已经用光身体所有的能量，但我还在同样地奔跑。”，可知此处应为转折的逻辑关系。

16.A 与首段首句相呼应，可知：以前从来没有人打破这一纪录。

17.C  the finishing tape终点线，为固定短语。

18.B 从文章的语境可知，此处应用unconscious意为“无知觉，毫无意识”。

19.D 在我听到时间之前我就知道我做到了。

20.C  be lost in sth沉浸在；消失在……之中。 该句话意为“其他的人沉浸在兴奋的欢呼声当中”。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读