Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Footracing(竞走) is a popular activity in the United States. It is not only seen as a compe- titive sport, but also as a _________  to exercise. Though_________  runners may spend months training to compete, other runners and walkers_________  not train at all.  _________not competing to win might run in an effort to beat their own time, or _________to enjoy the fun and exercise. People of all _________  , from those less than one year old to those in their 80s, _________ into this sport. The races are held on city streets, on college campuses,  _________ parks, and in suburban areas, and commonly 5 to 10 kilometers in   _________  .

The largest footrace in the world is the 12-kilometer Bay to Breakers_________ that is held in San Francisco every spring. This race_________  on the east side of the city near San Francisco Bay and ends on the _________ side at the Pacific Ocean. In 1993 there were 80,000 people   _________ in this race through the streets and hills of San Francisco. In the _________ are the serious runners who compete to win, and_________ might finish in as little as 34 minutes. Behind them _________   the thousands who take several hours to finish. In the back of the race are those who wear various clothing just for_________. There was a group of firefighters who were all _________in a long line and were carrying a fire—hose(消防水龙带). One year there was a wedding _________ , in which the bride dressed in a long white gown and the groom wore a tuxedo(晚礼服). They  _________ flowers to by-standers, and were actually married at some point along the route.

1.A. plan           B. design         C. way          D. approach

2.A. serious        B. amateur        C. famous      D. ordinary

3.A. must          B. might          C. could         D. should

4.A. Others       B. These          C. Those         D. Ones

5.A. simply        B. finally       C. partly        D. certainly

6.A. walks          B. ages          C. sorts         D. nations

7.A. turn          B. enter         C. break       D. look

8.A. across         B. over         C. through       D. on

9.A. size           B. length         C. depth        D. height

10.A. ground        B. city           C. race         D. ceremony

11.A. holds         B. goes           C. begins       D. carries

12.A. north       B. west          C. east          D. south

13.A. singing       B. helping        C. watching     D. running

14.A. beginning     B. course         C. front       D. process

15.A. who           B. what         C. which         D. as

16.A. stay          B. are          C. fall          D. is

17.A. medal         B. fun          C. win         D. prize

18.A. wrapped       B. followed     C. separated     D. tied

19.A. party        B. dinner         C. day           D. invitation

20.A. threw         B. presented      C. sold        D. donated

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇介绍性的日常生活类短文，介绍了“竞走”这种运动方式，在美国的发展，没有年龄限制，大家都在参与，虽然有人是专业的，有人只是为了锻炼身体，也有人为了乐趣，但是是一项全民运动。

1.C考查名词。A. plan计划；B. design设计；C. way方式；D. approach途径。根据后面，exercise，可知这里表示竞走是一种锻炼的方式，a way to do意为“做……的方式”，故选C。

2.A考查形容词。A. serious认真的；B. amateur业余的；C. famous著名的；D. ordinary日常的。根据后文，spend months training to compete，可知这是认真锻炼的一个跑步运动员，故选A。

3.B考查情态动词。A. must必须；B. might可能；C. could能够；D. should应该。根据前面半句中出现的，may，可知后面出现的情态动词跟它是相似的，故选B。

4.C考查代词。A. Others其他人；B. These这些；C. Those那些；D. Ones某一。根据语境可知，这里指的是那些跑步者，故选C。

5.A考查副词。A. simply 简单地；B. finally最终；C. partly部分地；D. certainly确切的。根据前文，not competing to win以及or，可知他们锻炼仅仅只是为了简单地追求锻炼身体，故选A。

6.B考查名词。A. walks散步；B. ages年龄；C. sorts种类，品质；D. nations民族。根据后文，from those less than one year old to those in their 80s，可知这里的范围指的是年龄范围，故选B。

7.B考查动词辨析。A. turn转变；B. enter参加，进入；C. break打破；D. look看。根据后文，The races are held on city streets, on college campuses，可知这比赛在街道间，学校里都会召开，所以不同范围的人都会参与到这个比赛锻炼中来，故选B。

8.C考查介词。A. across 横过，在对面；B. over超过；C. through穿过；D. on在……上。根据前文可知这是一项跑步比赛，所以这条跑步的线路会穿过公园，穿过公园一般会用“through”表示，故选C。

9.B考查名词。A. size尺码；B. length长度；C. depth深度；D. height重量。根据前文，5 to 10 kilometers，可知这是表示路线的长度，故选B。

10.C考查名词。A. ground土地；B. city城市；C. race比赛；D. ceremony仪式。根据后文，This race，说明这里讲的是一场比赛，故选C。

11.C考查动词。A. holds保持；B. goes去；C. begins开始；D. carries搬运。根据后文，and ends on，说明前面讲述的是开始的地点，后面讲述的是结束的地点，故选C。

12.B考查名词。A. north北部；B. west西部；C. east东部；D. south南部。根据文中，and，可知后面表示的结束地点跟开始地点是相对的，前面讲述的是东部，所以后面的是西部，故选B。

13.D考查动词。A. singing唱歌；B. helping帮助；C. watching查看；D. running跑。根据后面提及的，the serious runners，可知这是一项需要跑来完成的比赛，故选D。

14.C考查名词。A. beginning开始；B. course课程；C. front前面，正面；D. process过程。根据后文，Behind them，可知前面讲的是认真练习跑步的人在前面，故选C。

15.A考查上下文联系。A. who谁；B. what什么；C. which哪一个;D. as当。根据，and，可知后面句子跟前面句子的结构语法相同，前面句子who compete to win，可知是主语从句，所以这里也是who引导的主语从句，故选A。

16.B考查动词。A. stay维持；B. are是；C. fall下降；D. is是。根据语境可知，这里所要表达的是在那些认真锻炼的人的后面是只锻炼几个小时的运动者们，后面接复数名词，故选B。

17.B考查名词。A. medal金牌；B. fun乐趣；C. win胜利；D. prize奖。根据前文内容以及In the back of the race，可知越是在后面的人越是将这项运动当做一项锻炼以及乐趣性的活动，故选B。

18.D考查动词。A. wrapped包裹起来；B. followed跟随；C. separated分离；D. tied系住。根据后面，long line，可知他们是系着一根长长的带子，tie in意为“系着……”，故选D。

19.A考查名词。A. party晚会；B. dinner晚饭；C. day白天；D. invitation邀请。根据文中，in which the bride dressed in a long white gown and the groom wore a tuxedo(晚礼服)，可知他们都穿着晚礼服，说明是在晚会上，故选A。

20.A考查动词。A. threw抛；B. presented呈递；C. sold销售；D. donated捐赠。根据前文可知这是一场婚礼，所以人们会将花瓣抛向空中，故选A。

考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。