Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who ________ slowest in the PE class. A few years ago, I was walking with a group of ________ in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to ________ money for the fight against breast cancer(癌), ________ one lady caught my ________.

She was one of the weakest-looking women I’ve ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, ________ a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be ________ by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was ________ me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but ________ —as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I ________ that in the next Race for the Cure, I’d be running along with her.

A week later, I found myself in the ________, running on the treadmill(跑步机). Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red. I felt like my lungs were going to burst. I ________ slow down to a walk. I thought of the ________ at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little ________ each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five.

A year later, I was ________ at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I ________ with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I wondered if I’d be ________ to do it. But then, I remembered the brave woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line. I had just ________ my first race! I ________ down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I’d never thought ________. I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And, I knew that I wanted to do it again.

1.A. talkedB. walkedC. ranD. swam

2.A. friendsB. teachersC. studentsD. patients

3.A. saveB. useC. makeD. raise

4.A. whileB. whenC. untilD. before

5.A. breathB. handC. armD. eye

6.A. wearingB. holdingC. pullingD. waving

7.A. turned downB. turned overC. taken overD. taken down

8.A. passingB. watchingC. greetingD. calling

9.A. strangelyB. determinedlyC. excitedlyD. anxiously

10.A. agreedB. learnedC. decidedD. explained

11.A. shopB. streetC. parkD. gym

12.A. had toB. preferred toC. got toD. liked to

13.A. prizeB. survivorC. planD. woman

14.A. earlierB. longerC. harderD. farther

15.A. evenB. againC. everD. still

16.A. foughtB. traveledC. queuedD. waited

17.A. likelyB. eagerC. readyD. able

18.A. finishedB. wonC. enteredD. missed

19.A. calmedB. settledC. lookedD. set

20.A. goodB. rightC. possibleD. necessary

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者被一位女士激发了跑步的兴趣，决心下一年与那位女士一起参加为癌症募捐的跑步活动。于是作者开始每天练习跑步，一年之后作者终于参加了那个跑步活动。这告诉我们“只要坚持，什么都会变成可能”。

1. 考查动词。A. talked谈论；B. walked散步；C. ran跑；D. swam游泳。我是体育课上跑得最慢的女孩。故选C。

2. 考查名词。A. friends朋友；B. teachers教师；C. students学生；D. patients病人。根据48空后my group of friends可知，几年前我和一群朋友散步。故选A。

3. 考查动词。A. save挽救；B. use使用；C. make制造；D. raise提升，募捐。为抗击乳腺癌募捐钱而设计的5公里跑步比赛。故选D。

4. 考查连词。A. while在……期间；B. when当……时候；C. until直到……为止；D. before在……以前。正和一群朋友跑步，这时候一个女士引起了我的注意。be doing sth....when...“正在做某事，这时候……”，故选B。

5. 考查固定搭配。A. breath呼吸；B. hand手；C. arm胳膊；D. eye眼。catch one’s eye引起某人注意，故选D。

6. 考查动词。A. wearing穿戴；B. holding握住；C. pulling拉；D. waving挥动。她一定有七十岁了，她穿着一件写着Survivor的T恤衫。故选A。

7. 考查动词短语。A. turned down拒绝；B. turned over翻转；C. taken over接管；D. taken down取下。她是如此的瘦小，好像要被强风吹翻。故选B。

8. 考查动词。A. passing经过；B. watching观看；C. greeting问候；D. calling叫喊。她正从我和我的朋友身边经过。故选A。

9. 考查副词。A. strangely奇怪地；B. determinedly决然地；C. excitedly感到兴奋地；D. anxiously焦虑地。她跑得非常慢，但是非常坚决果断，故选B。

10. 考查动词。A. agreed同意；B. learned学习；C. decided决定；D. explained解释。在那一刻我决定，下次跑步活动我要跟着她跑。故选C。

11. 考查名词。A. shop商店；B. street街道；C. park公园；D. gym体育馆，健身房。一周后，我在健身房的跑步机上跑步。故选D。

12. 考查动词。A. had to不得不；B. preferred to更喜欢；C. got to到达；D. liked to喜欢。我感觉我的肺要爆炸了，所以我不得不放慢速度。故选A。

13. 考查名词。A. prize奖品；B. survivor幸存者；C. plan计划；D. woman女性，妇女。我想起了比赛中的那位女士。故选D。

14. 考查形容词比较级。A. earlier更早；B. longer更长；C. harder更努力；D. farther更远。我坚持，每次我能跑的更长。故选B。注意不能选D，因为根据后文Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five.可知，这里是指时间长短，不是距离远近。

15. 考查副词。A. even甚至；B. again又，再；C. ever曾经；D. still仍然。一年后我又参加跑步活动。故选B。

16. 考查动词。A. fought战斗；B. traveled旅行；C. queued排队；D. waited等待。但是这次我能跟着选手们排队跑。故选C。

17. 考查形容词。A. likely很可能；B. eager热切的；C. ready准备的；D. able有能力的。be able to do sth.能做某事，故选D。

18. 考查动词。A. finished完成；B. won赢得；C. entered进入；D. missed想念，错过。我完成了我的第一次跑。故选A。

19. 考查动词。A. calmed冷静；B. settled解决；C. looked看；D. set 树立。我低头看我的腿，感到很惊讶。故选C。

20. 考查形容词。A. good好的；B. right正确的；C. possible可能的；D. necessary必需的。它们（指我的两条腿）做了我从来没想过可能的事情。故选C。

【学法指导】

注意固定句式的运用，这会让你事半功倍，效果极佳。21.

句型A：be about to do…when…正要做…这时(发生另一事)

句型B：was/were doing…when…正在…这时(发生另一事)

句型C：had done…when…刚要做…这时(发生另一事)

1.We were about to set out when it began to rain.我们刚要出发天突然下雨了.

2.He had hardly sat down when his mobile rang.他刚一坐下手机就响了.

3.I was walking along the bank of the river when I fell into it.我正沿河岸散步突然掉进水里.

考点：考查故事类阅读