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    Eric Moussambani, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, won brief international fame at Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games for an extremely unlikely victory.

Twelve months before the Olympics, Moussambani had never gone outside of his home country, an extremely poor tiny African nation. Having_________his admission into the Olympic Games, Moussambani set about teaching himself to _________. The only pool that was_________belonged to a local hotel, and they _________ him to use it between 5 and 6 am, three times a week. Before Sydney he had never set eyes on an Olympic _________, let alone practiced in one. Moussambani had no_________, no lanes(泳道), and no way of tracking his efforts. Worse still, he didn’t know he had been entered in to the 100m race, not the 50m he had_________.

When the day came, events got _________. Of the three competitors in the first round, Moussambani was the_________competitor who was not removed from the game for starting early. He now had to do it alone, against the ________, fighting for a chance to be in the final. __________it seemed that he’s not going to finish it in the second half of the race, he ________completed it with a time of 1'5". It was the slowest time in Olympic history, __________a personal best.

International media __________him ‘Eric the eel’ and a real model of the Olympic __________that it’s not the winning, but the taking part that __________. When he was__________after the race, Moussambani said, “At first I got worried that I couldn’t ____________. Thinking of the dear people__________me, I kept on and it happened.”

Moussambani never gives up. He is now the head coach of the national team and thanks to his__________, the country has built two 40m pools.

1.A.missed B.required C.gained D.refused

2.A.run B.swim C.jump D.sail

3.A.useless B.worthless C.movable D.available

4.A.begged B.allowed C.caused D.employed

5.A.medal B.pool C.village D.flag

6.A.coach B.classmates C.family D.fans

7.A.experienced B.forgotten C.survived D.expected

8.A.bigger B.clearer C.stranger D.fewer

9.A.only B.next C.other D.second

10.A.wind B.competitors C.clock D.judges

11.A.Until B.When C.Since D.Although

12.A.finally B.gradually C.usually D.suddenly

13.A.so B.and C.or D.but

14.A.told B.called C.offered D.showed

15.A.duty B.glory C.dream D.spirit

16.A.depends B.matters C.happens D.helps

17.A.interviewed B.recognized C.invited D.found

18.A.make it B.give up C.catch it D.turn up

19.A.beyond B.before C.behind D.below

20.A.confidence B.honesty C.efforts D.qualities

 

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.C 11.D 12.A 13.D 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.A 18.A 19.C 20.C 【解析】 本文主要介绍了赤道几内亚的游泳选手Eric Moussambani在2000年悉尼奥运会的100m游泳比赛中赢得人们敬意的故事。尽管他在获得参加奥运会的许可后才开始练习游泳,训练条件很差,技术也很拙劣,但是Eric Moussambani不放弃的精神最终感动了在场所有人。他真正体现了“重在参与”的奥林匹克精神。 1.考查动词辨析。句意:获得参加奥运会的许可后,Moussambani开始自学游泳。A. missed错过,想念;B. required要求;C. gained得到;D. refused拒绝。根据语境可知,故选C。 2.考查动词辨析。句意:获得参加奥运会的许可后,Moussambani开始自学游泳。A. run跑;B. swim游泳;C. jump跳;D. sail航海。根据后文中的no lanes, and no way to track his efforts.可知,Moussambani参加的项目是游泳。故选B。 3.考查形容词辨析。句意:唯一可用的一个游泳池属于当地的一家酒店。A. useless没有用的;B. worthless没有价值的;C. movable可移动的;D. available可使用的,可得到的。The only pool that was available指的是“唯一可用的游泳池”,故选D。 4.考查动词辨析。句意:他们允许他在下午五点到六点之间使用游泳池,一周可以用三次。A. begged祈求;B. allowed允许;C. caused造成;D. employed雇佣。分析语境可知,酒店的人允许他使用游泳池。故选B。 5.考查名词辨析。句意:在悉尼奥运会之前,他从没看过奥运会的游泳池。A. medal奖章;B. pool水池,池塘;C. village村庄;D. flag旗帜。根据前文可知,Moussambani平时训练的场地非常差,故选B。 6.考查名词辨析。句意:Moussambani没有教练,没有泳道。A. coach教练;B. classmates同学;C. family家人;D. fans粉丝。根据上下文可知,故选A。 7.考查动词辨析。句意:更糟糕的是,他不知道他已经进入了游泳100米的比赛,而不是他之前预想的50米比赛。A. experienced经历;B. forgotten忘记;C. survived存活,幸存;D. expected期待,预料。根据Worse still可知,实际情况和他设想的不一样,故选D。 8.考查形容词辨析。句意:当比赛的那一天到来时,事情变得更奇怪了。A. bigger 更大的;B. clearer更清晰的;C. stranger奇怪的;D. fewer更少的。根据语境故选C。 9.考查副词辨析。句意:第一轮比赛中的三个人中,Moussambani是唯一一个没有因抢游而罚下场的运动员。A. only只有,仅仅;B. next下一个;C. other其他的;D. second 第二的。分析语境可知,Moussambani是唯一一个没有抢跑的人。故选A。 10.考查名词辨析。句意:现在他不得不一个人游泳了,与时间比赛,为进入决赛而奋斗。A. wind风;B. competitors竞争者、对手;C. clock钟;D. judges裁判,法官。根据语境可知,Moussambani的对手都没有了,所以他只能与时间比赛了。故选C。 11.考查连词辨析。句意:尽管在比赛中他似乎不能游完全程,但是他最后还是以1分5秒的时间完成了。A. Until直到;B. When当……时候;C. Since因为、自从;D. Although 虽然,尽管。根据前文可知,他本来准备的是50米游泳,结果比赛时变成了100米,所以推测他可能不能完成整个比赛。故选D。 12.考查副词辨析。句意:尽管在比赛中他似乎不能游完全程,但是他最后还是以1分5秒的时间完成了。A. finally最后,终于;B. gradually逐渐的;C. usually一般,通常;D. suddenly突然的。根据后文中的completed it with a time of 1'5"可知,他最终完成了比赛。故选A。 13.考查连词辨析。句意:那是奥运史上最慢的时间,但却是个人最好的成绩。A. so 所以;B. and并且;C. or或者;D. but但是。根据前文It was the slowest time in Olympic history可知,前后文为转折语气,故选D。 14.考查动词辨析。句意:国际媒体称他为Eric the eel,并且认为他是奥运会精神的真实例子。A. told告诉;B. called称呼;C. offered提供;D. showed展示。根据语境可知Eric the eel是媒体给他的称呼,故选B。 15.考查名词辨析。句意:国际媒体称他为Eric the eel,并且认为他是奥运会“重在参与”精神的真实例子。A. duty职责;B. glory荣耀;C. dream梦想;D. spirit精神。结合常识可知,it’s not the winning, but the taking part that matters是奥运会比赛的精神,故选D。 16.考查动词辨析。句意:认为他是奥运会精神“比赛其次,最重要的是参与”的体现。A. depends取决于;B. matters起作用;C. happens发生;D. helps帮助。根据语境可知,故选B。 17.考查动词辨析。句意:当他在比赛后接受采访时。A. interviewed采访;B. recognized认出,识别出;C. invited邀请;D. found建立。根据生活常识可知,运动员比赛后一般会接受采访。故选A。 18.考查动词短语辨析。句意:Moussambani说刚开始的时候他很担心不能完成比赛。A. make it完成,成功做成;B. give up放弃;C. catch it抓住它;D. turn up出现。根据后文I kept on and it happened可以推测出,在比赛时Moussambani担心无法完成比赛。故选A。 19.考查介词辨析。句意:想到我身后的亲爱的人们,我坚持下来,最后成功了。A. beyond超过;B. before在……之前;C. behind在……后面;D. below在……下面。根据语境可知,这里指的是Equatorial Guinea的支持他的人们,故选C。 20.考查名词辨析。句意:由于他的努力,这个国家已经建了两个40米的游泳池。A. confidence自信;B. honesty诚实;C. efforts努力;D. qualities品质。根据语境可知,故选C。
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