2018年高中英语译林牛津版必修五：阅读强化训练4 含解析 精品

阅读强化训练(4)

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Ⅰ阅读理解

Next month, about 30，000 runners will take to the streets of Boston, Massachusetts, for one of the world’s oldest and most famous races, the Boston Marathon. Nearly half the competitors in the 26.2-mile race will be women. But for most of the race’s 119-year history, only men were officially allowed to compete.

A woman named Roberta “Bobbi”Gibb helped change that in 1966, when she secretly ran the marathon and finished ahead of most of the men. “Word went out around the world that a woman had done the__impossible，”says Gibb. “It changed the way men thought about women.”

Gibb saw her first Boston Marathon in 1964, while running through her neighborhood. She was inspired to run the race herself. For nearly two years, Gibb trained to build the energy and strength she’d need to finish. But when she sent in an application for the 1966 race, it was turned down.

At the time, the longest official races for women were only 1.5 miles. Many people didn’t think women were physically capable of running longer distances. Running a marathon was also seen as “unladylike”．

But the 23-year-old Gibb refused to let go of her dream. She came up with a plan to run the race anyway. On April 19, she showed up at the marathon wearing her brother’s shorts and a sweatshirt to hide the fact that she was a woman.

Gibb hid in the bushes near the starting line.When the race began, she jumped into the pack.Shortly into the race, Gibb took off her sweatshirt. To her surprise, the crowd cheered when they realized she was a woman.Gibb finished the race in 3 hours and 21 minutes—faster than two thirds of the male runners.

Gibb opened the door for future female long-distance runners.In the years that followed，she and other women ran in the Boston Marathon, even though the rules still prohibited(禁止) women from running in the race. Finally，in 1972, the marathon was officially opened to women.

【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了第一位跑完波士顿马拉松的女性。1．The underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably refers to the thought that women couldn’t ________．

A．win a long-distance race

B．take the place of men

C．complete a marathon

D．compete with men

C解析：推理判断题。由第二段画线词后的It changed the way men thought about women.以及第四段的Many people didn’t think women were physically capable of running longer distances.可知，Gibb完成了马拉松并比大多数男性选手跑得快，她的行为改变了人们认为女性不适合长跑运动这一观点。

2．What happened to Gibb when she was found running the 1966 Boston Marathon?

A．She ran back to the starting line.

B．She got support from the crowd.

C．She was driven away from the race.

D．She took off her brother’s sweatshirt.

B解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段的the crowd cheered when they realized she was a woman 可知，当Gibb的身影被发现出现在1966年波士顿马拉松比赛时，观众们欢呼起来以示对她的支持。

3．Which of the following can best describe Gibb?

A．Easy-going.B．Soft-hearted.

C．Strong-willed. D．Open-minded.

C解析：推理判断题。Gibb为了实现她参加波士顿马拉松的梦想，用了两年的时间训练体能；当参赛申请被拒绝后，她并没有放弃梦想，而是乔装打扮也要参加，由此推断她意志力坚定。

4．What’s probably the best title for the text?

A．Leading a New Life

B．Running into History

C．Long-distance Runners

D．The World’s Oldest Race

B解析：标题归纳题。本文介绍了第一位跑完波士顿马拉松的女性——Roberta“Bobbi”Gibb，因其努力与坚持，改变了女性不能参加马拉松比赛的规则，故而创造了历史。故B项最符合文章主旨。

Ⅱ语法填空

Reporters start the journalistic process by 1.____________(gather) information. Without them, journalism in 2.____________(it) truest form cannot take place. They have an idea about what sources—the people and places 3.____________ have information—will be available to them and which are 4.____________best to use. This idea comes from experience and training.

Good reporters try to develop 5.____________(profession) knowledge to track down information and assess that information. Not only 6.____________they curious, determined and honest in dealing with others around them, but they have developed a “nose for news”—a sense of 7.____________ might develop into a good story. They are able to sense when someone is lying or shading the 8.____________(true) or when the events they experience 9.____________(simple) do not make sense.

Good reporters recognize they may have points of view about the information or people they deal with, but they try their best 10.____________(set) those biases(偏见) aside. Because they understand that gathering accurate information before anyone else and presenting it is their chief goal.

1．gathering解析：考查动词-ing形式作宾语的用法。设空处作介词by的宾语，故填动词-ing 形式。

2．its解析：考查代词。truest form是名词，前面应用形容词形式的物主代词。in its truest form意为“最真实的状态”。

3．that解析：考查关系代词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰先行词people and places，且在从句中作主语，故填that。

4．the解析：考查定冠词。形容词最高级前用定冠词the。

5．professional解析：考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰名词knowledge，故填professional。

6．are解析：考查倒装结构。not only位于句首句子用部分倒装，且由they及curious...around them可知，设空处应填系动词are。

7．what解析：考查连接词。由语境可知，破折号后面的内容意为“一种什么能成为好故事的感觉”，故填what。

8．truth解析：考查名词。设空处作shading的宾语，意为“真相”，故填truth。9．simply解析：考查副词。设空处修饰谓语动词，故填副词simply。

10．to set解析：考查不定式作状语的用法。“撇开那些偏见”是“他们努力”的目的，故填to set。

Ⅲ短文改错

When I started learning English, I found it very difficulty. No matter what hard I tried, I just could not understand the grammar. Then one day, my sister asked me why I was so confusing about English and I told her that I was afraid of it. Then she asked me to watching English movies and listen to some English songs. I fell in the love with these songs. I learned to sing them and find I could remember more and more word. I also felt very interested the movies, because I could learn everyday words from them. Have become interested, I’ve started to make greatly progress. Now, I’m not afraid of English any more.

答案：

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