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（冲向）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：

本文是一篇记叙文，主要描述了Roger Bannister打破一英里田径赛跑记录的过程及感受。

36．C。as time went by 随着时间的推移。

37．B  由下文可知,Bannister是一位田径运动员。

38．D  break the barrier 打破这一障碍。

39．A  Bannister知道真正的机会来了。 real 真的，真实的，符合语境。

40．B  承接上文。Bannister 为此机会一直在进行辛苦的训练。

41．D  由but 表转折可知，天气状况是他所担心的一件事。

42．B  event指具有重要意义的“历史事件”，也可引申为一般的“重大赛事”。

43．D  line up排队等候；do up包扎,重新整修；收拾齐整make up化妆，虚构；put up搭建，.举起，抬起。

44．D  根据下文，“这是我下定决心的时刻”可知风现在应该是轻轻地吹拂着。与上文“在去跑道的路上风刮得很猛”形成对比，现在风平静下来，是比赛的好时机。

45．A  由下文as if 可知，我的双腿看起来没有遇到任何阻力。

46．D  好像我被一种无形的力量推着往前跑。

47．C  从上文noise可知，应该是人群中发出来的呼声。crowd  n.人群, 群众,一伙

48．A  我感到一生中期盼的时刻来了，moment时刻。

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

50．B  根据语境“我已经用光身体所有的能量，但我还在同样地奔跑。”，可知此处应为转折的逻辑关系。

51．A  与首段首句相呼应，可知：以前从来没有人打破这一纪录。

52．C  the finishing tape终点线，为固定短语。

53．B  从文章的语境可知，此处应用unconscious意为“无知觉，毫无意识”。

54．D  在我听到时间之前我就知道我做到了。

55．C  be lost in sth沉浸在；消失在……之中。  该句话意为“其他的人沉浸在兴奋的欢呼声当中”。