Ⅰ.完形填空
Yan Wei, a 30yearold blind man, has just covered a marathon on Sunday.This time he 1 his personal record with a new time of 3 hours 15 minutes and 58 seconds.He had two 2 to help him and was 3 them with a safety rope.
Yan, who lost his 4 when he was a few months old, started running three years ago, after learning that volunteers were available to 5 blind runners at the 2015 Beijing Marathon.
When he started training with the help of his 6 and parents, he could run only for 2 or 3 km at a time.But soon he 7 so much that his sister had to ride a bike to stay 8 him and guide him.It took him just four months to be 9 for his first marathon.
Yan 10 his quick progress to daily exercise. “I'd like to 11 200 km per month.I feel 12 if I do not run for two days in a row,” says Yan.
But training is becoming 13 for Yan now, because there are few guides who can run faster than him.His guides need to be in better 14 condition than him.
“He's never missed a single training in the past three years.I am 15 not only by his strength but also his 16 to train,” says Shu Hao, an 17 runner who has taken part in a lot of marathons and one of Yan's running guides.
Instead of dying to prove himself 18 he ran, Yan has taken delight in running and now moved to 19 the process.He has completed fourteen 20 in the last two years and just wants to keep going.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位盲人运动员坚持跑马拉松的经历。
1.A.beat B.copied
C.researched D.preserved
解析:选A 由后面的“record”可知,此处是“打破纪录”的意思,所以选A项,意为“打破”。
2.A.dogs B.coaches
C.guides D.judges
解析:选C 他是位盲人,一定要有人来引导他,结合下文多次出现“guides”可知,选C项。
3.A.lifted by B.tied to
C.separated from D.fixed on
解析:选B 由后面的“with a safety rope”可知,此处意为“绑在身上”,故选B项。
4.A.parents B.strength
C.voice D.sight
解析:选D 主人公是盲人,所以他是失去了“视力”。lose one's sight “失明”。
5.A.assist B.comfort
C.represent D.consult
解析:选A 上文提到了“help”一词,此处选择同义词assist。
6.A.teachers B.classmates
C.brother D.sister
解析:选D 下文“his sister had to ride a bike”处有提示。
7.A.donated B.occupied
C.improved D.witnessed
解析:选C 前面提到他每次跑2~3千米,后面提到他的姐姐必须骑自行车才能保持在他的前面,所以应该是他跑的速度提高了,故选C项。
8.A.away from B.ahead of
C.behind D.for
解析:选B 姐姐骑自行车领跑,应该在他的“前边”,所以此处选择ahead of。
9.A.ready B.late
C.grateful D.harmful
解析:选A 根据本句意思判断,主人公已经“准备好了”。be ready for ...“准备好……”。
10.A.adjusts B.owes
C.devotes D.applies
解析:选B 他进步得那么快是因为每天的训练。owe ...to ...“把……归功于……”。
11.A.run B.drive
C.swim D.fly
解析:选A 他是马拉松运动员,此处应为“跑200千米”,所以选A项。
12.A.unlucky B.embarrassed
C.uncomfortable D.ignored
解析:选C 他不跑步就会觉得“不舒服”,所以选择uncomfortable。
13.A.stricter B.looser
C.easier D.harder
解析:选D 根据下文的“... because there are few guides who can run faster than him.”可知,训练越来越艰难。
14.A.living B.physical
C.mental D.educational
解析:选B 想给他领跑,“身体状况”就要比他好,故选择physical。
15.A.praised B.evaluated
C.impressed D.inspected
解析:选C 此处是领跑的人给他的评价:他在过去三年没有中断过一次训练,所以这里是指他给领跑的人“留下的印象”。
16.A.instruction B.pressure
C.absence D.determination
解析:选D 三年没有缺席过一次训练,所以此处指“训练的决心”。
17.A.experienced B.honest
C.overweight D.upset
解析:选A 根据空后的“... who has taken part in a lot of marathons and one of Yan's running guides.”可知,他是一个“有经验的”运动员。
18.A.soon after B.every time
C.as if D.even though
解析:选B 此处意为“每次跑步的时候”,故选择every time。
19.A.delay B.register
C.simplify D.enjoy
解析:选D 根据上文的“他每次跑步不是为了证明自己”可知,他开始“享受”跑步的过程,所以选D项。
20.A.projects B.operations
C.marathons D.tasks
解析:选C 本文讲的是他跑“马拉松”的故事。故选C项。