Question

    First one person stood up and then another and another. Someone in the crowd began to applaud and soon everyone else ______ in as Glenn Cunninghan made his final lap around the track(跑道). He was about to break a world record in the mile. As he made his victory, you might wonder how he could walk, let alone ______. It was hard to ignore Glenn’s scarred legs.

When Glenn was six years old, his ______ were so badly burned in a schoolhouse fire that his doctor never thought he would ______ again. But Glenn thought otherwise. After spending weeks in ______, he got up and started using crutches(拐杖) to get around. When his legs got ______, he tried walking without the crutches. It was very ______. Glenn said later, “It hurt like hell to walk, ____ it didn’t hurt at all when I ran. So for five or six years, about all I did was run.”

With all the ______ he had had in running, it was natural for Glenn to join his school’s track team. By the time he got to high school, he became a track star and set ____ times in the mile run.

After he ______ from high school, he went to the University of Kansas. Glenn Cunninghan was ______ as “The Kansas Flyer”, and he won the National College Amateur Track Championships in 1931 and 1932.

Glenn went on to run on the U.S. Olympic Team in 1932, received the Sullivan Award ______ outstanding amateur athletes in 1933, and won a silver medal in the 1936 Olympic Games. The boy who was ______ never to walk again won two National College Amateur Athlete titles in track, was named the ______ track performer in the 100-year history of Madison Square Garden, and was ______ to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

It was never easy for Glenn. It took him nearly an hour to ______ for a race and the smoke-filled indoor stadium made it hard for him to ______. But he never let that stop him or ______ him down. He just ran as hard as he could with his wounded lungs and scarred legs, and he won.

If determination and spirit can ______ a runner to greatness, it might be said that Glenn Cunninghan was the greatest runner of all time.

1.A. called    B. joined    C. took    D. gave

2.A. run    B. jump    C. hike    D. ride

3.A. eyes    B. ears    C. hands    D. legs

4.A. write    B. hear    C. see    D. walk

5.A. touch    B. silence    C. bed    D. hospital

6.A. stronger    B. longer    C. bitter    D. lighter

7.A. heavy    B. tiring    C. painful    D. strange

8.A. and    B. but    C. because    D. once

9.A. practice    B. chance    C. time    D. idea

10.A. examples    B. rules    C. records    D. solutions

11.A. came    B. kept    C. learned    D. graduated

12.A. treated    B. acted    C. served    D. known

13.A. for    B. to    C. in    D. with

14.A. seen    B. chosen    C. supposed    D. used

15.A. famous    B. outstanding    C. young    D. modern

16.A. admitted    B. forced    C. related    D. devoted

17.A. answer    B. hope    C. stand    D. prepare

18.A. look    B. breathe    C. change    D. move

19.A. turn    B. lay    C. slow    D. put

20.A. compare    B. drive    C. present    D. limit

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. A

10. C

11. D

12. D

13. A

14. C

15. B

16. A

17. D

18. B

19. C

20. B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Glenn Cunninghan小时候腿部严重烧伤，医生断言他以后不能走路。但是，Glenn Cunninghan没有向生活屈服。经过努力，他在跑步方面取得了巨大成就。

1.考查动词词义辨析。call称呼；join加入；take拿，取；give给。上文提到：人群中的某个人开始鼓掌。该空所在句子和前句之间是顺承关系，由此可推知，该句应该表示：人群中其他人也鼓起掌来。即：其余人也加入了鼓掌的行列。故B选项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。run跑；jump跳；hike远足；ride乘，骑，驾。根据第二句中的“as Glenn Cunninghan made his final lap around the track(跑道)”可知，Glenn Cunninghan参加的是赛跑。根据空前的let alone(更不用说)可推知，该句表示：当他取得胜利的时候，他很疲惫，可能连走路都有困难，更不用说跑了。故A选项正确。

3.考查名词词义辨析。eye眼睛；ear耳朵；hand手；leg腿。根据前句的“Glenn’s scarred legs”可知，他的腿在六岁的时候被严重烧伤了。故D选项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。write写；hear听见；see看见；walk步行，走路。Glenn Cunninghan的腿被严重烧伤，医生认为他可能永远不能走路了。D选项正确。

5.考查名词词义辨析。touch联系；silence沉默；bed床；hospital医院。根据后面的“he got up”可知，他之前卧床养伤。故C选项正确。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。strong强壮的；long长的；bitter苦的；light轻的。根据后面的“walking without the crutches”可以推知，他应该是在腿变得更有力，更结实了之后尝试不用拐杖的。A选项正确。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。heavy沉重的；tiring令人疲惫的；painful令人疼痛的，令人痛苦的；strange奇怪的。根据后文的“It hurt like hell to walk”可知，没有拐杖的帮助，走路时非常疼。C选项正确。

8.考查连词词义辨析。and和；but但是；because因为；once一旦。前句说：走路很疼，后句说：当我跑起来时，一点也不疼。很明显，前后两句之间是转折关系，故B选项正确。

9.考查名词词义辨析。practice练习；chance机会；time时间；idea主意，想法。根据上文中的“for five or six years, about all I did was run”可知，六年来，他一直练习跑步。后来很自然地就加入了校田径队。A选项正确。

10.考查名词词义辨析。example例子；rule规则；record记录；solution解决办法。根据前面的“he became a track star”可知，他在田径方面很突出，数次在一英里赛跑中创造纪录。故C选项正确。

11.考查动词词义辨析。come来；keep保持；learn学习；graduate毕业。高中毕业后，他去了堪萨斯大学。故D选项正确。

12.考查动词词义辨析。treat对待；act行动；serve为……服务；know知道，认识。Glenn Cunninghan被称为“堪萨斯飞人”，作为“堪萨斯飞人”而出名。D选项正确。

13.考查介词。1933年获得苏利文优秀业余运动员奖。该处是一个固定搭配，award常和介词for连用，表示“针对……的奖，给……的奖”。故A选项正确。

14.考查动词词义辨析。see看见；choose选择；suppose认为，假设；use使用。根据第四小题“his doctor never thought he would ___4___ again”可知，医生曾认为他永远也不能走路了。故C选项正确。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。famous著名的；outstanding杰出的；young年轻的；modern现代的。该段介绍的是Glenn在田径方面的成就。故该处应指他被评为麦迪逊广场花园百年历史上杰出的田径表演者。故B选项正确。

16.考查动词词义辨析。admit承认，允许……进入某地；force强迫；relate（把…）联系起来；devote把…奉献（给），把…专用（于）。Glenn被录入国家田径名人堂。A选项正确。

17.考查动词词义辨析。answer回答；hope希望；stand站；prepare准备。Glenn需要花费一个小时为比赛做准备。其余的均不符合逻辑。D选项正确。

18.考查动词词义辨析。look看；breathe呼吸；change改变；move移动。根据“the smoke-filled indoor stadium”可知，室内体育馆全是烟，这使得他无法呼吸。B选项正确。

19.考查动词词义辨析。turn转动；lay产卵，下蛋，放置；slow慢下来；put放。该空和前面的stop感情色彩一致。故可推知，该句指“他不会让那些不好的条件阻止他或者让自己慢下来”。slow sb. down意为“使……慢下来”。故C选项正确。

20.考查动词词义辨析。compare比较；drive驱动，推动，驾驶；present颁发，授予，呈献；limit限制。如果决心和精神可以驱使一个跑步者走向伟大，那么可以说Glenn Cunnan是有史以来最伟大的赛跑者。B选项正确。