Question

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years

 36  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    37   ,began to believe be might   38  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6^th, 1954, when Bannister knew be had a   39  chance. Bannister had been   40   hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real   41  to him. Describing the   42  later, Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  43  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  44  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired.  My legs  45  to meet no resistance, as if I was  46  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  47  gave me greater strength. I felt the  48  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they   51  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（沖向）the    52  tape, I fell, almost    53  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  54  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  55 in the noise of excitement.”

36.A. passed along	B. passed down	C. went by	D. went over
37.A. coach	B. athlete	C. captain	D. judge
38.A. defeat	B. move	C. beat	D. break
39.A. real	B. lucky	C. serious	D. false
40.A. competing	B. training	C. fighting	D. attending
41.A. eagerness	B. pleasure	C. relief	D. worry
42.A. accident	B. event	C. issue	D. topic
43.A. did up	B. made up	C. put up	D. lined up
44.A. safely	B. heavily	C. thinly	D. gently
45.A. seemed	B. used	C. happened	D. had
46.A. dragged	B. drawn	C. pulled	D. pushed
47.A. mass	B. residents	C. crowd	D. team
48.A. moment	B. period	C. while	D. date
49.A. concentration	B. collection	C. combination	D. classification
50.A. so	B. but	C. or	D. as
51.A. never	B. ever	C. even	D. still
52.A. starting	B. lasting	C. finishing	D. running
53.A. unconcerned	B. unconscious	C. unknown	D. unnoticed
54.A. offered	B. told	C. announced	D. beard
55.A. stuck	B. involved	C. lost	D. spread

 

 

Answer 1

解析：

本文是一篇記敘文，主要描述了Roger Bannister打破一英里田徑賽跑記錄的過程及感受。

36．C。as time went by 隨著時間的推移。

37．B  由下文可知,Bannister是一位田徑運動員。

38．D  break the barrier 打破這一障礙。

39．A  Bannister知道真正的機會來了。 real 真的，真實的，符合語境。

40．B  承接上文。Bannister 為此機會一直在進行辛苦的訓練。

41．D  由but 表轉折可知，天氣狀況是他所擔心的一件事。

42．B  event指具有重要意義的“歷史事件”，也可引申為一般的“重大賽事”。

43．D  line up排隊等候；do up包扎,重新整修；收拾齊整make up化妝，虛構；put up搭建，.舉起，抬起。

44．D  根據下文，“這是我下定決心的時刻”可知風現在應該是輕輕地吹拂著。與上文“在去跑道的路上風刮得很猛”形成對比，現在風平靜下來，是比賽的好時機。

45．A  由下文as if 可知，我的雙腿看起來沒有遇到任何阻力。

46．D  好像我被一種無形的力量推著往前跑。

47．C  從上文noise可知，應該是人群中發(fā)出來的呼聲。crowd  n.人群, 群眾,一伙

48．A  我感到一生中期盼的時刻來了，moment時刻。

49．C  由下文fear and pride可知，應用combination。

50．B  根據語境“我已經用光身體所有的能量，但我還在同樣地奔跑�！�，可知此處應為轉折的邏輯關系。

51．A  與首段首句相呼應，可知：以前從來沒有人打破這一紀錄。

52．C  the finishing tape終點線，為固定短語。

53．B  從文章的語境可知，此處應用unconscious意為“無知覺，毫無意識”。

54．D  在我聽到時間之前我就知道我做到了。

55．C  be lost in sth沉浸在；消失在……之中。  該句話意為“其他的人沉浸在興奮的歡呼聲當中”。