In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the sailing track and floating in a lifeboat, alone. His supplies were 36 . His chances of surviving were small. 37 when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive — much 38 than he was when he started, but alive.
His 39 of how he survived is interesting and attractive. His subtle act — how he 40 to catch fish, how he evaporated sea water to 41 fresh water — is very interesting. But the thing that 42 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed no 43 continuing the struggle, when he was 44 greatly, when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body. He was starved and 45 exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sensible choice.
When people 46 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in 47 dangerous circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 48 major difficulties.
"I tell myself I can 49 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been through, I"m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, 50 courage and strength."
I wrote that down after I read it 51 it struck me as something important. And I"ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 52 off or when my problems seemed too powerful. And every time I"ve said it, I have always come back to my senses.
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad 53 to something better. But others have been through much worse, that is, in comparison with what 54 have been through, you"re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you 55 the rough spots with a little more perseverance(毅力) .
| 小题1: | | A．less | B．little | C．few | D．enough |
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| 小题3: | | A．thinner | B．poorer | C．worse | D．fatter |
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| 小题4: | | A．attitude | B．imagination | C．instruction | D．story |
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| 小题5: | | A．tried | B．tended | C．managed | D．intended |
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| 小题6: | | A．make | B．collect | C．select | D．replace |
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| 小题7: | | A．attacked | B．caught | C．froze | D．cheated |
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| 小题8: | | A．operation | B．taste | C．message | D．use |
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小题9:A improving B. suffering C. strengthening D. increasing
| 小题10: | | A．firmly | B．completely | C．surely | D．generally |
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| 小题11: | | A．deal | B．defend | C．survive | D．observe |
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| 小题12: | | A．similarly | B．likely | C．probably | D．commonly |
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| 小题13: | | A．for the lack of | B．in spite of | C．in support of | D．as a result of |
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| 小题14: | | A．handle | B．carry | C．follow | D．inspect |
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| 小题15: | | A．rolling up | B．using up | C．building up | D．making up |
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| 小题18: | | A．related | B．measured | C．contributed | D．compared |
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| 小题19: | | A．you | B．others | C．we | D．another |
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| 小题20: | | A．see through | B．cut through | C．get through | D．think through |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
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试题分析：这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。Steven Callahan在独自穿越大西洋时，他的船沉了。他一次次地鼓励自己，“我能行”，他终于靠着顽强的意志和有效的生存技巧生还。作者被这句话打动，时常用它来勉励自己。
小题1:从上下文看Steven Callahan的船沉了，补给很少了。选C
小题2:这里是表示转折关系的副词，yet然而，在渔民发现他的时候，他还活着。选B
小题3:考查形容词的比较级，饿了76天一定是很瘦弱的多。选A
小题4:考查名词：A. attitude态度B. imagination想象，C. instruction指示D. story故事，句意：他怎么幸存的故事很有趣很吸引人。选D。
小题5:考查动词：A. tried 试图B. tended趋向于，C. managed设法成功的做，D. intended打算，这里是他成功的捕到鱼。选C。
小题6:句意：蒸发海水，获得可用的淡水。用make得到获得。选A
小题7:考查词组：catch one’s eyes吸引某人的注意力，attract的宾语是attention。选B
小题8:考查句型：it seems no use doing…做…似乎是无用的。选D
小题9:考查动词：A improving提高，B. suffering遭受C. strengthening加强D. increasing 增加，从后面的when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body.可知他受了很大的罪。选B
小题10:考查副词：A. firmly坚定地，B. completely完全地，C. surely当然D. generally一般地，修饰exhausted是完全地。选B。
小题11:这里作者在进行总结和议论，当人们要在这样的环境中求生存时，他们需要进行思想斗争，已获得生存的勇气。选C
小题12:考查副词：A. similarly同样地，B. likely可能的，C. probably可能的D. commonly共同的，在遇到相似的环境的时候，用A
小题13:考查介词短语：A. for the lack of缺乏B. in spite of虽然C. in support of 支持 D. as a result of因此，虽然有这样大的危险，还有勇气生存下去。选B。
小题14:考查动词：A. handle处理B. carry运送，携带C. follow跟随，D. inspect视察，句意：我告诉自己能应付。选A。
小题15:考查词组：A. rolling up卷起来B. using up用完C. building up增强D. making up编造，这里是增加勇气。选C
小题16:考查连词：这两句话是并列关系，我把它写下来，我知道这是很重要的事情。选D
小题17:考查形容词：A. far远的B. long长的，C. near近的D. short短的，表示目标遥远。选A。
小题18:考查固定词组：compared to和…相比，选D
小题19:考查代词：和别人经历的事相比较，前面也有others，选B。
小题20:考查词组：A. see through看穿B. cut through切开C. get through 通过，完成D. think through想出解决办法，帮助你通过困难的地方，选C。
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My six-year-old granddaughter stared at me as if she were seeing me for the first time.”Grandma, you are an antique(古董),”she said. "You are old. Antiques are old. You are my antique."
I was not satisfied to let the matter rest there. I took out the Webster"s Dictionary and read the definition(定义)to Jenny.I explained, "An antique is not only old, it"s an object existing since or belonging to earlier times...a work of art... piece of furniture. Antiques are treasured,"I told Jenny as I put away the dictionary. "They have to be handled carefully because they sometimes are very valuable. In order to qualify as an antique, the object has to be at least 100 years old."
"I"m only 67,"I renunded Jenny.
We looked around the house for other antiques, besides me. There was a desk that was handed down from rone aunt to another and finally to our family. "It"s very old,"I told Jenny.“I try to keep it polished and I show it off whenever I can. You do that with antiques."
There was a picture on the wall purchased at a garage sale. It was dated 1867. "Now that"s an antique," I boasted. "Over 100 years old." Of course it was marked up and scratched and not in very good condition. "Sometimes age does that," I told Jenny. "But the marks are good marks. They show living, being around. That"s something to display with pride. In fact, sometimes, the more an object shows age, the more valuable it can become." It was important that I believed this for my own self-esteem.
Our tour of antiques continued. There was a vase on the floor. It had been in my house for a long time. I was not certain where it came from but I didn"t buy it new. One thing about antiques, I explained to Jenny, was that they usually had a story. They"d been in one home and then another, handed down from one family to another, traveling all over the place. They"d lasted through years and years. They could have been tossed away, or ignored. or destroyed, or lost. But instead, they survived.
For a moment, Jenny looked thoughtful. “l don"t have any antiques but you," she said. Then her face brightened. "Could I take you to school for show and tell?"
"Only if I fit into your backpack," I answered. And then Jenny"s antique lifted her up and embraced her in a hug that would last through the years.
小题1:Grandma read the definition of "antique" to Jenny in order to .| A．list all the important characteristics of antiques | | B．tell Jenny the importance of protecting antiques | | C．change Jenny"s shallow understanding of antiques | | D．express her disappointment at being called "antique" |
小题2:Which of the following information did grandma convey to Jenny?| A．The desk reminded her of her dear relatives. | | B．The marks on the picture showed its age and value. | | C．There was usually a sad story behind each antique. | | D．She planned to buy a new vase to replace the old one. |
小题3:By saying "I don"t have any antiques but you" (Paragraph 7), Jenny meant .| A．grandma was a treasure to her | | B．antiques were rare and valuable | | C．she had nothing but a few possessions | | D．grandma and antiques had a lot in common |
小题4:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?| A．Grandma was too old to lift Jenny up. | | B．Jenny had a strong desire for grandma"s love. | | C．Jenny was too young to know grandma"s humor. | | D．Grandma had a deep long-lasting love for Jenny. |
小题5:What can be the best title for the passage? | A．Jenny"s Antique | B．A Story of Antiques | | C．A Tour of Antiques | D．Grandma"s Antique |
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Last year, I lost my best friend in high school. It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its 36 way, but mine couldn"t. I wasn"t sure how I was going to be able to face 37 and their gossip at school. I was forced to 38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school 39 completely defeated. All I wanted to do was 40 into bed and wallow(沉迷于)in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 41 a pile of cards left by my dad. Each card included a(n) 42 that it was to be opened on a 43 night that week.
I made it through that week 44 my father. Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear. Tuesday’s card said, “The past is painful to think about and the 46 is impossible to imagine. Don"t try. Just take it one minute at a time.” On Wednesday my mood 47 when I read, “What you are feeling now is 48 and normal. It still feels very bad, but it is part of the healing 49 .” Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote. The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 50 you face along life’s way, may you 51 that you will find the best in every day.” I was instructed to open the last card 52 the party I went to on Saturday night. In it he wisely reminded me to 53 . “The world isn"t so bad after a good laugh. The more you laugh, the more you heal.” Each card was signed, “Love, Dad.”
My world once collapsed (fell down) but I 54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad, who made his 55 known when he couldn"t be present.
| 小题1: | | A．pleasant | B．strange | C．funny | D．normal |
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| 小题2: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．someone | D．nobody |
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| 小题3: | | A．work out | B．meet with | C．deal with | D．come across |
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| 小题4: | | A．making | B．feeling | C．regarding | D．considering |
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| 小题5: | | A．crawl | B．push | C．jump | D．draw |
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| 小题6: | | A．invented | B．discovered | C．created | D．wrote |
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| 小题7: | | A．instruction | B．explanation | C．presentation | D．information |
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| 小题8: | | A．regular | B．flexible | C．particular | D．legal |
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| 小题9: | | A．in favor of | B．regardless of | C．in search of | D．because of |
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| 小题10: | | A．seemed | B．happened | C．occurred | D．intended |
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| 小题11: | | A．life | B．future | C．dream | D．result |
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| 小题12: | | A．fell | B．passed | C．flied | D．lifted |
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| 小题13: | | A．false | B．honest | C．natural | D．innocent |
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| 小题14: | | A．content | B．process | C．cure | D．progress |
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| 小题15: | | A．destruction | B．competition | C．challenges | D．destination |
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| 小题16: | | A．trust | B．guess | C．predict | D．succeed |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．since | C．after | D．till |
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| 小题18: | | A．cry | B．scream | C．sing | D．laugh |
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| 小题19: | | A．got through | B．looked through | C．broke through | D．put through |
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| 小题20: | | A．schedule | B．concept | C．soul | D．confidence |
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It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which, 11 , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something 12 in the company should ever do. I wish I 13 give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow — 14 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m 15 , experienced and I know better.
16 I work with some very kind and compassionate (富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 17 by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 18 they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “ 19 ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who 20 the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely 21 about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 22 to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the 23 when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, 24 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 25 . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n) 26 .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to 27 that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s 28 . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her 29 to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 30 words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.
| 小题1: | | A．by the way | B．in the way | C．on the way | D．to the way |
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| 小题2: | | A．someone | B．anyone | C．no one | D．the one |
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| 小题3: | | A．should | B．might | C．will | D．could |
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| 小题4: | | A．fix | B．blame | C．rely | D．put |
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| 小题5: | | A．outgoing | B．old | C．cheerful | D．energetic |
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| 小题6: | | A．Thankfully | B．Naturally | C．Generally | D．Hopefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．work | B．stop | C．watch | D．sit |
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| 小题8: | | A．decisions | B．troubles | C．attempts | D．mistakes |
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| 小题9: | | A．annoying | B．confusing | C．embarrassing | D．puzzling |
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| 小题10: | | A．repairs | B．wants | C．works | D．occupies |
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| 小题11: | | A．mad | B．serious | C．curious | D．hopeful |
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| 小题12: | | A．react | B．agree | C．turn | D．object |
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| 小题13: | | A．issue | B．outcome | C．standard | D．message |
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| 小题14: | | A．for | B．therefore | C．but | D．otherwise |
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| 小题15: | | A．challenge | B．imagination | C．conclusion | D．explanation |
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| 小题16: | | A．order | B．key | C．end | D．process |
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| 小题17: | | A．forget | B．ruin | C．prevent | D．change |
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| 小题18: | | A．broken | B．done | C．lost | D．kept |
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| 小题19: | | A．attention | B．skill | C．patience | D．interest |
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| 小题20: | | A．sweet | B．pleasant | C．meaningful | D．colorful |
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He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father"s life—who was the main 21 of support for the family. He had to 22 the arms of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his 23 ,never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do 24 in his life.
One late night, his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and then went back to the dorm to 25 . But being so 26 , his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their share of problems and they would often 27 . Then one day, his younger brother wanted to live 28 from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was 29 and didn"t know what to do.
A 30 misfortune befell a girl, too. One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness，31 . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a 32 for her parents, only to overturn the stove, 33 in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was studying in another city, showed her 34 to take care of her, she was determined to be completely 35 . At school, she always studied hard.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother"s arms are my arms；36 the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
Disasters can 37 at any time. How you handlemisfortune when confronted with it is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and 38 from the ordeal(磨难), it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be 39 , the hardship will turn out to be a(n) 40 on which new hopes will arise.
| 小题1: | | A．cause | B．strength | C．source | D．course |
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| 小题2: | | A．live on | B．take on | C．turn on | D．depend on |
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| 小题3: | | A．shadow | B．volunteer | C．bodyguard | D．servant |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题6: | | A．tired | B．angry | C．impatient | D．unfair |
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| 小题7: | | A．support | B．separate | C．quarrel | D．avoid |
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| 小题8: | | A．bravely | B．differently | C．separately | D．thoughtfully |
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| 小题9: | | A．heartless | B．heartbroken | C．kind-hearted | D．hopeless |
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| 小题10: | | A．same | B．similar | C．simple | D．strange |
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| 小题11: | | A．missed | B．disappeared | C．dismissed | D．lost |
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| 小题12: | | A．meal | B．lunch | C．surprise | D．breakfast |
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| 小题13: | | A．leading | B．resulting | C．taking | D．bringing |
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| 小题14: | | A．willingness | B．anxiety | C．contribution | D．respect |
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| 小题15: | | A．independent | B．relaxed | C．disabled | D．energetic |
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| 小题16: | | A．since | B．while | C．as | D．though |
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| 小题17: | | A．strike | B．appear | C．raise | D．reach |
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| 小题18: | | A．hide | B．remain | C．survive | D．escape |
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| 小题19: | | A．careful | B．strong | C．healthy | D．polite |
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| 小题20: | | A．difficulty | B．fortune | C．occupation | D．power |
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While watching a swimming competition one night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. In fact, it is difficult enough, not having anyone to race against.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was obvious that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd beginning to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes (划水) and you could tell he was exhausted.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
This young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in swimming history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to the competition.
In a competition, we usually watch the brilliant athletes competing for medals, but it is nice to watch an underdog.
小题1:From the passage we learn that the young man _____.| A．made his turn to start back pitifully | | B．was skillful at freestyle swimming | | C．swam faster than the average swimmer | | D．seemed unlikely to win a gold medal |
小题2:The crowd changed their attitude because _____.| A．they felt sorry for the young man | | B．they wanted to show their interest | | C．they were moved by the young man | | D．they meant to please the young man |
小题3:According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means ____.| A．it’s amusing to watch a skillful swimmer swimming | | B．it’s amazing to watch a good loser challenging himself | | C．it’s good for athletes to act proudly | | D．it’s difficult for some athletes to remove medals |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Go for it！ | B．Try again! | C．Compete for gold! | D．Break a record! |
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