Question

    I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and pushing outside my comfort zone was not what I was ________ to do. My husband Charles had been a serious competitive ________ for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t ________talk- ing about how much he missed it. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to ________ him at the track. Just a few weeks later, Charles________ us both up for a five-kilometer race. I ________ about doing it. It was too soon.

But on race day, there I was. The gun ________. Thousands of runners pushed forward. The first kilometer was tough. “I don’t think I’m gonna make it.” I was already breathing ________ and painfully aware of the group of runners pounding past me. “No, you’re doing great,” said Charles. He was trying to encourage me, to get me focused on something else _______ my discomfort. “I can’t,” I said, barely audibly (听得见地). He tried a ________ way to persuade me. “Just make it to that house and let’s see how you __________.”

After another minute I saw the three-kilometer mark. All I could think of was that I was dying and that my husband made me _______. Miserable doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt. “You’ll be fine. You’ve got less than a kilometer to go.” I rounded a corner, and saw both sides of the street ________ with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I willed my ________ to keep going. Then I looked up and saw the clock. The seconds ticking away gave me ______. I knew that if I ____

finished this race I would achieve something. ________, I straightened up and kicked it. I had my arms held higher when I passed through the finish line. A volunteer ________ a medal around my neck.

“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” Charles was ________ that I’d made it. “That was AMAZING! I want to do another race. This running stuff is amazing!” I proudly ________ my medal as we walked to the post-race festivities. My lungs and my comfort zone both expanded.

1.A. accepted B. permitted C. pushed D. raised

2.A. runner B. policeman C. doctor D. lawyer

3.A. regret B. mind C. stop D. forget

4.A. follow B. attend C. join D. urge

5.A. signed B. gathered C. involved D. registered

6.A. commented B. hesitated C. wondered D. enquired

7.A. went off B. went out C. broke off D. broke out

8.A. smoothly B. heavily C. quickly D. abruptly

9.A. or rather B. more than C. rather than D. better than

10.A. pleasant B. reasonable C. casual D. different

11.A. react B. describe C. feel D. realize

12.A. ashamed B. painful C. embarrassed D. nervous

13.A. rich B. loose C. ready D. thick

14.A. arms B. mind C. heart D. legs

15.A. strength B. patience C. expectation D. wisdom

16.A. formally B. immediately C. normally D. actually

17.A. However B. Therefore C. Yet D. Instead

18.A. rewarded B. handed C. put D. presented

19.A. thrilled B. amused C. shocked D. frozen

20.A. enjoyed B. hugged C. kept D. seized

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了一开始讨厌跑步的作者，与丈夫一起参加了一起五公里跑步比赛，在途中因为各种不适想要放弃。最终在丈夫的鼓励下成功跑过终点，并获得了奖章的故事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. accepted接受；B. permitted允许；C. pushed推；D. raised抚养；举起。上文提到作者过去非常讨厌跑步，认为将自己推出自己的舒适区不是自己被养这么大应该做的事情。Raise有抚养，养育的意思，故选D。

2.考查名词词义辨析。A. runner跑步者；B. policeman警察；C. doctor医生；D. lawyer律师。根据下文可知作者的丈夫曾是一个多年的跑步者，故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. regret后悔；B. mind介意；C. stop停止；D. forget忘记；句意：结婚后，他不停地说他有多怀念跑步。Stop doing sth.“停止做某事”，故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. follow跟随；B. attend参加；C. join加入；D. urge催促。根据上文作者的丈夫重拾跑步，一年后作者也加入了他跑步的行列里。故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. signed署名；B. gathered聚集；C. involved涉及；D. registered注册。由下文的“五公里比赛”可知作者的丈夫是给他们俩报名了，sign up“报名”，故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. commented评论；B. hesitated犹豫；C. wondered好奇；D. enquired询问。由下文的“这太快了”可知作者对丈夫这么快就报名比赛的行为是“犹豫”的，故选B。

7.考查动词短语辨析。A. went off响起；发射；B. went out熄灭；C. broke off中断；D. broke out爆发。句意：枪声一响，成千上万的跑步者向前冲去。故选A。

8.考查副词词义辨析。A. smoothly顺利地；B. heavily沉重地；C. quickly快地；D. abruptly突然地。作者认为自己办不到，并且呼吸沉重，痛苦地意识到自己已经被跑步人群所超过，故选B。

9.考查短语辨析。A. or rather倒不如说；B. more than不仅仅；C. rather than而不是；D. better than好于。句意：他试图鼓励我，让我专注于其他事情而不是我的不适。故选C。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。A. pleasant愉快的；B. reasonable合理的；C. casual随便的；D. different不同的。由上文可知作者丈夫尝试鼓励作者，但是没有起作用，于是丈夫换了另一种不同的方式。故选D。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. react反应；B. describe描述；C. feel感觉；D. realize意识到。上文提到作者感觉很难受，于是丈夫提议先跑到房子那里再看作者“感觉”如何，故选C。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. ashamed羞愧的；B. painful痛苦的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. nervous紧张的。作者此刻难受得感觉自己快要死了，并且是作者的丈夫使她这么痛苦的。故选B.

13.考查形容词词义辨析。A. rich富有的；B. loose松散的；C. ready准备好的；D. thick密集的；厚的。句意：我转过一个拐角，看见街道两旁挤满了观看比赛的人，都在为运动员加油。Thick with“挤满”故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. arms胳膊；B. mind思维；C. heart心脏；D. legs腿。上文提到作者比赛过程中各种不适，此时看到街边欢呼的人群，作者让自己的双腿坚定下来继续跑。故选D。

15.考查名词词义辨析。A. strength力量；B. patience耐心；C. expectation期待；D. wisdom智慧。作者抬头看了看表，秒钟的滴答声给了她勇气。故选A。

16.考查副词词义辨析。A. formally正式地；B. immediately立即地；C. normally正常地；D. actually实际上；事实上。句意：我知道如果我真的完成了这场比赛，我将会有所成就。故选D。

17.考查连词辨析。A. However但是；B. Therefore因此；C. Yet然而；D. Instead代替。结合上下文，此处是顺承关系，故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。A. rewarded奖赏；B. handed递；C. put放；搁；D. presented提出。句意：一位志愿者将奖牌挂在我的脖子上。根据句意故选C。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。A. thrilled激动的；B. amused愉快的；C. shocked震惊的；D. frozen冻结的。结合上下午可知作者的丈夫对作者的成功感到非常激动，故选A。

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. enjoyed欣赏；B. hugged拥抱；C. kept保持；D. Seized抓住。句意：当我们走向赛后庆祝活动时，我自豪地拥抱了我的奖牌。故选B。